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year, Every beef cattle in the U.S. emit 168.3 Tg of Greenhouse Gasses. This means that they produce 65% of the harmful gasses that are produced from livestock animals each year. The gasses are produced from a fermentation process involved with their digestion, as well as from methane that comes from stored cow manure. Also, animals affect soil processes, which releases harmful Nitrous Oxide into atmosphere the...
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year, Every beef cattle in the U.S. emit 168.3 Tg of Greenhouse Gasses. This means that they produce 65% of the harmful gasses that are produced from livestock animals each year. The gasses are produced from a fermentation process involved with their digestion, as well as from methane that comes from stored cow manure. Also, animals affect soil processes, which releases harmful Nitrous Oxide into atmosphere the (USDA). To produce one kilogram of beef is the equivalent of a European car running its engine for 250 kilometers (Chapura).
USDA, "Summary of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Livestock." usda.gov. USDA. 2o Apr 2009 <www.usda.gov/oce/global_change/AFGG_Inventory/2_LivestockandGrazing.pdf Similar pages - >.
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