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Carbon Offsetting??Please show me the theory in practice.
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<blockquote data-quote="thesilentone" data-source="post: 7844947" data-attributes="member: 6194"><p>At the moment it appears the IPCC have the ball, and they say cattle produce methane that is compounding global warming. They do touch slightly on which cattle, and differentiate between grazing (grass) and lot fed (grain). It is very finite, and as time progresses, we should see much better auditing and figures that paint a more accurate figure.</p><p></p><p>Rice production is a big player as are wetlands and bogs. The oil industry, landfills and waste treatment also play a major role.</p><p></p><p>Reducing meat consumption is a low hanging fruit, easy to point the guns at, rice is not as easy, if you don't eat rice, what do you eat ? Re-wilding and the current gallop to increase wetlands and sphagnum moss appear a little contradictory, they do absorb CO2, but also produce methane ?</p><p></p><p>Methane is worse than CO2 for global warming (allegedly) but hangs around for a much shorter period, so for now it is the easy target, as it's the one that may show some results in the next 10-20 years..</p><p></p><p>So we have to consider both CO2 and CH4.</p><p></p><p>To know our own carbon footprint is a good place to start, there is a calculator here: </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://calculator.farmcarbontoolkit.org.uk/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>But even then, it's only half the story.</p><p></p><p>The marketeers and analyst's will always look at ways and means to make money from anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thesilentone, post: 7844947, member: 6194"] At the moment it appears the IPCC have the ball, and they say cattle produce methane that is compounding global warming. They do touch slightly on which cattle, and differentiate between grazing (grass) and lot fed (grain). It is very finite, and as time progresses, we should see much better auditing and figures that paint a more accurate figure. Rice production is a big player as are wetlands and bogs. The oil industry, landfills and waste treatment also play a major role. Reducing meat consumption is a low hanging fruit, easy to point the guns at, rice is not as easy, if you don't eat rice, what do you eat ? Re-wilding and the current gallop to increase wetlands and sphagnum moss appear a little contradictory, they do absorb CO2, but also produce methane ? Methane is worse than CO2 for global warming (allegedly) but hangs around for a much shorter period, so for now it is the easy target, as it's the one that may show some results in the next 10-20 years.. So we have to consider both CO2 and CH4. To know our own carbon footprint is a good place to start, there is a calculator here: [URL unfurl="true"]https://calculator.farmcarbontoolkit.org.uk/[/URL] But even then, it's only half the story. The marketeers and analyst's will always look at ways and means to make money from anything. [/QUOTE]
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