Carbon Neutral, Picking on Farmers

[Pan mixer]

Yet another blast against livestock farmers and their contribution to climate change this morning on the news.

When are the politicians going to see that endless 'optional' air travel, airports, more cars on the roads etc are contributing to our emissions much more than something everyone requires to maintain health, mental well being and so on i.e. food?

 

[Water Wheel]

Need to look at the difference in Soil Organic Matter between arable and grassland.. Longer term grassland locks up huge amounts of CO2 compared to arable.

 

[farmerm]

Need to look at the difference in Soil Organic Matter between arable and grassland.. Longer term grassland looks up huge amounts of CO2 compared to arable.

but compared to what is being released though deforestation and fossil fuel use grassland sequestration equates to peeing in the ocean!

 

[SilliamWhale]

I do think there may be an argument for eating less and better quality meat. We still wont meet our climate change targets though

 

[Poorbuthappy]

but compared to what is being released though deforestation and fossil fuel use grassland sequestration equates to peeing in the ocean!

We absolutely have to address deforestation and fossil fuel use, but don't ignore the importance of soil carbon.
There is more carbon stored in the soil than the atmosphere and all plant life combined.

 

[Nearly]

Best bit I've seen is that 'we can't eat our way out of climate change'.
Farming has more to offer as a solution than be a problem.
We just need to organise ourselves to get paid to make idiots feel better.

 

[teslacoils]

Farmers are small, numerous, and poorly represented .

Oil companies and airlines are not.

Took two seconds for him govt to bail out Flybe.

 

[delilah]

When are the politicians going to see that endless 'optional' air travel, airports, more cars on the roads etc are contributing to our emissions much more than something everyone requires to maintain health, mental well being and so on i.e. food?

Well, to answer your question, why should they so long as farming is happy to bend over and say to Government "yes, it's all our fault, shaft us as hard as you like" ?

I would refer to my comments on this thread:

https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index...tive-neutral-positive-is-a-farm.308435/page-4

 

[betweenthelines]

Govt Minister interviewed on R5 today refused to say that people should reduce their air travel!

 

[puppet]

BBC figures today.
Food 26% of global emissions.
Animal products 14%.
Beef and lamb 7%.
Reduce it by 20% makes 5-6%.

EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO 76%.
In any other scenario would you not try to reduce the big figure first? Pigs and poultry seem to have avoided any reduction yet they have everything hauled to them.

Our farm carbon use through fuel is 3% of the total, mainly making silage and feeding cattle. Once I start ploughing up my permanent pasture for soy or bean sprouts then that will rocket.

Oh, if only I had a10 degree temp rise....

 

[mark perego]

An airbus 380 carries 365000 litres of fuel for one trip.how many years could you farm on that amount of fuel!

 

[Swarfmonkey]

BBC figures today.
Food 26% of global emissions.
Animal products 14%.
Beef and lamb 7%.

Hold on a minute, the IPCC said that agriculture, all of it, is responsible for 11.3% of GHGe. Yet the BBC says that livestock ag alone causes more than that? I wonder which which bunch of axe-grinding twunts they got their ropey stats from.

 

[jellybean]

An airbus 380 carries 365000 litres of fuel for one trip.how many years could you farm on that amount of fuel!

I calculate 158 years on my farm!