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seztomabel t1_jb760cz wrote

Reply to comment by MaybeACoder007 in Global food consumption alone could add nearly 1 °C to warming by 2100. Seventy five percent of this warming is driven by foods that are high sources of methane (ruminant meat, dairy and rice). by Plant__Eater

Or just feed the cattle seaweed.

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MaybeACoder007 t1_jb76bl3 wrote

I mean, dredging for seaweed can cause the PH of the ocean to change and that can be worse.

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seztomabel t1_jb779ac wrote

Maybe so, but seeking solutions in the direction of being supportive of humanity rather than restriction and deprivation, are the solutions we need.

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MaybeACoder007 t1_jb7adm8 wrote

The problem with some solutions is they cause more problems than they solve.

Seaweed was one of those solutions we we forced to look at in Environmental Science 301.

It’s not that seaweed is bad it’s that on a large scale it starts to cause more issues than It solves. Always aim to do less harm than more :)

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seztomabel t1_jb7b90q wrote

Ah, thank you for elaborating.

I have read that seaweed is not a silver bullet, but it still seems viable just requires additional research and effort in accounting for complexities you describe. Nothing is easy.

Reduction efforts like the ones that you initially called for, and that most in the realm of sustainability often call for, also have the possibility to cause more harm than good as well.

Of course there are no easy solutions here, but there is this sort of anti-humanity sentiment that characterizes many "solutions", which are not productive (that's being charitable).

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