Cow burps are a climate problem. Can seaweed help?

Changing the diet of cows might help them release less methane.
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There are around 1.5 billion cows on the planet being raised as livestock for things like meat and dairy - and they’re a climate problem we’ve struggled to solve. Cows have a specialized digestive tract that allows them to digest tough plant material like grass or hay, but in that process, methane is produced as waste, and the cows ... burp it out. Methane is a greenhouse gas that’s nearly 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, these burping animals are considered one of the largest sources of methane production in the United States, making up nearly 25 percent of all methane emissions.
You’ve likely heard of a few solutions to this. The loudest one is probably the campaign to get people to cut their beef intake or switch to meat alternatives. It’s an important solution, but people are often reluctant to do it. So instead, some scientists are taking the attention off humans and focusing on the diet of the cows. What they’ve found is that certain additives in cow feed can help reduce methane emissions, and recent work has drawn a lot of attention to one unexpected hero: seaweed.
For more on how the experiment at UC Davis was conducted + Kebreab’s TedTalk:
www.ted.com/talks/ermias_kebr...
animalscience.ucdavis.edu/new...
caes.ucdavis.edu/news/feeding...
For more on enteric fermentation + ruminant animals + methane:
extension.msstate.edu/publica...
www.horizonvetbrighton.com/si...
www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/over...
www.epa.gov/gmi/importance-me...
Further reading on seaweed as an additive:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33802...
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
www.washingtonpost.com/climat...
journals.plos.org/plosone/art...
link.springer.com/article/10....
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[@Vox]

So... you might be wondering how we found out about seaweed as cow feed. It started in Canada when a farmer found that seaweed actually increased milk production as well as reproduction in dairy cows. After some research, he found that the seaweed also made them less gassy. Australian researchers started using different types of seaweed until they discovered that, in lab studies, the red seaweed Asparagopsis was hypereffective at reducing methane.

[@WilfredWalterCarlos]

Shark officially jumped.

[@blorpblorpblorp]

That's where you heard about it? Not from the Verge Science's video on the same topic two years ago?

[@heyrobined]

No we are wondering why you guys created a climate video with the sponser of A airline 🤣🤣🤣 whose idea was that? 🤣🤣

[@Ninjaeule97]

@@heyrobined probably that of the airline. Companies love greenwashing.

[@beejls]

Yeah that sounds like real deep science. Not. Cows are not the problem that airlines are.

[@DeianiraJax]

Really bothers me that a video about reducing carbon emissions is sponsored by an airline

[@underworldguy56]

Same. Very much sounds like them saying "Look over there!"

[@EY_YES]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@vatoloco744]

​@TITM73both 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Coffeepanda294]

This isn't about reducing Co2 emissions, so it makes perfect sense. If people want to reduce carbon emissions, one of the best ways to do so is to significantly cut down on meat. This is an attempt to keep doing a harmful thing because you'll be able to feel _slightly_ better about it. Like if you want to keep driving your car as much as you want, so you get an elctric car because they're (slightly) better for the environment.

[@Grippybananas]

What would you have them do?? Air travel keeps the world go round

[@CashisKingtrucking]

Can you do a video on how much pollution Delta airlines is producing on a daily basis compared to the cattle?

[@X2LR8]

What's the solution for traveling across the world in an efficient manner?

[@CaravelClerihew]

Plane emissions are seven times smaller than cow farts, and arguably humanity can live with less or no meat but quick transport is integral in many ways.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

@@X2LR8 nothing. But too many people are using short haul flights when trains are better

[@A.I.Mmusic]

Or how we can change the diet of the planes?

[@yassinewaterlaw6597]

Sharks riding

[@petar4onachev]

"This video is sponsored by Delta Arilines" Congratulations VOX you managed to say something so funny it sounds like out of a GTA radio commercial!

[@gustentingstrom8920]

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry

[@Imbatmn57]

Yeah they're saying dont look over here look at the cows even though they feed people, no one really needs to go on a plane😂 .

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Vox went full Borderlands. Next the CEO will have a duel with Shane Smith!

[@cptkirkpyro5656]

Livestock produce 10 times the annual emissions as all air travel. "The more you know!" 🌠

[@freeman4755]

I let out an audible sigh and then a giggle when I heard the line, pretty much like you said, it was so random/funny that it seemed like satire

[@Eoin-B]

Is an airline company seriously sponsoring your climate series? Why not just get Exxon.

[@fabiandrinksmilk6205]

or Shell... oh wait, they're busy promoting their premium gas in Fortnite!

[@spooky.-]

Why are you blaming Delta. There’s literally nothing they can do except straight up stop flying planes. Plane manufacturers are currently investing heavily into fuel efficient and electric planes. No ones in the wrong. Congratulate Delta since their funding videos like this.

[@dinocaster3371]

Humans farming cows and then blaming the cows for burping is such a human thing to do

[@jonnybloggs6790]

Yeh they never mentioned the 58 odd volcano’s currently erupting daily spewing tones of toxic gas into the air yet they never ever mention them cos that would totally fukc up the narrative eh

[@eslek6644]

😂

[@japieb]

And inhumane at the same time

[@enzmondo]

It's sucha Delta thing to do

[@andreibriceag3899]

What about the plane farts? A video presented by Delta Airlines puts cows burps as a main climate change issue, while transportation, including planes, is the bigger contributor to greenhouse gases.

[@slowbro1337]

A solution for a part of the problem is still a part of the overall solution fam

[@TheSomeoone]

Aviation is around 1.5% of greenhouse gas emission ..

[@SamuelBeach]

​@@TheSomeoonea quick google says 2.5 but higher when considering other factors. Looks like a good article. Do a little research buddy.

[@theresalwaysanotherway3996]

@@TheSomeoone and yet aviation makes up 4% of global warming, it's not just how much you're putting out, don't look at CO2 numbers, look at CO2e numbers, they're a more accurate portrait of the effect on the planet.

[@Nimta]

We've yet to see the video on plane farts sponsored by Tyson. It comes out next week.

[@NeilSchloth]

Everyone: “pls stop polluting our planet” Vox & Delta Airlines: “sure but what if instead we sprinkle a lil seaweed on cow food to reduce carbon emissions by 0.009% over 100 years?!”

[@slevinchannel7589]

Vox is overshadowed by many 'Small Content Creators' like Not-Just-Bikes, Adam Something, Edenicity and Strong-Town !!

[@ccrider3435]

Try telling a dairy lover that milk is for babies and normal & natural weaning in humans = 2.5 years. Watch them do mental gymnastics.

[@spooky.-]

Tf is Delta supposed to do? Just stop flying planes? They always use the most fuel efficient jets because it’s the smartest business move. It’s up to Boeing and Airbus to make more fuel efficient or electric planes, which they are both heavily investing in.

[@zlac]

​​@@ccrider3435It doesn't matter. We evolved lactose tolerance because we are drinking milk for 10000 years or more. People who were lactose intolerant literally had less chance of reproduction for thousands of years. Lactose tolerance evolved FAST, that's how much of a difference it makes. One might argue that being a lactose intolerant man decreases your mating chances even today simply because women (on average) don't like men with constant stinky farts, and they don't like picky eaters.😂

[@opax]

@@ccrider3435 What is the argument or point here, abolish milk? The strength in humanity that has brought us far is our adaptability, stop trying to chain us down to how we WERE. The truth is some of the most loved dishes in the world were discovered during famines when people needed to get creative so whether its not similar to our cavemen ancestors is irrelevant. But go ahead and call basic logic mental gymnastics.

[@walinden]

Presented by DELTA?! You're rigth, the cows must be the problem.

[@cptkirkpyro5656]

Livestock produces 10 times the annual emissions of all air travel. "The more you know!" 🌠

[@moaen1]

​@@cptkirkpyro5656cow isn't all live stock.

[@ninanando]

@@moaen140% of methane emissions are from cows

[@momofighter3211]

Vegefacists!!

[@FrankWeaver]

I feel bad about not donating to independent journalism of vox and they and to rely to the air industry to sponsor a climate change video …

[@metalitcomesfromhell]

There's no such thing as independent journalism. Telling people facts doesn't make money. You have to sell something.

[@alezanders]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@metalitcomesfromhellThat’s not what’s independent means in this context, it just means they aren’t associated with a company with an agenda other than their journalism. Of course every company has to make money, but that doesn’t invalidate their independence from outside influence.

[@alezanders]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@metalitcomesfromhellThat’s not what’s independent means in this context, it just means they aren’t associated with a company with an agenda other than their journalism. Of course every company has to make money, but that doesn’t invalidate their independence from outside influence.

[@triptenator]

​@@alezandersI disagree with the assessment that this is independent journalism under any definition. At the top of the video, an airline is noted as sponsoring it. Airlines have a vested interest in highlighting any cause of global warming other than their emissions.

[@JJONNYREPP]

Cow burps are a climate problem. Can seaweed help? 0635am 23.10.23 maybe yer cows need a salt lick or ten!!!!?

[@TheJensPeeters]

Multifaceted answer: first of all: you know the delta sponsorship is harming your brand... Then there is so much complexity around the ethics of the algae. I did four presentations in my plant biotech degree about it and was in a founding team of a start up trying to grow it. The main things I am unsure about is A is this just something people are supporting to avoid the hard things. I looked at the companies investing in this and it is big dairies so they want to save their business even if it's bad on so many levels (feed intake, exploiting and killing complex mammals, land use, zoonosis, still high CO2 emissions a.o.), B where does the bromine go after it's done its job: atmosphere? (Would be bad because bromoform is a ozone depleting gas), the products? (Would be bad for human and animal health) or excrements? (Would be bad because we are spreading bromine on our fields where it doesn't belong.

[@eslek6644]

+

[@spooky.-]

Mr.Yapper over here

[@cunningham-code]

This video was really dismissive of our ability to use cultural change to cut beef consumption, probably because companies like Delta wouldn’t want us to do that with other industries…like air travel.

[@dukes1993724]

YOU WILL EAT ZE BUGS! 🐛

[@v.ra.]

This.

[@fuwe]

Individual actions can't affect systemic problems, this is true no matter how you slice it. Delta is asking consumers to not change anything about their diets and asserting that technology will solve all the problems of climate change before it becomes a problem, which has and never will be true, but the problem isn't consumers its the systems that perpetuate the emissions. Letting companies decide when to stop polluting is just helping them pollute more, walmart isn't gonna stop stocking plastic bags when consumers stop buying them, they'll just continue to use the cheapest option because its the cheapest option and people need bags either way. What does stop companies from stocking plastic bags is systemic action to force them to stop, government regulation. If you want to effect change in your community, join and vote in your local council because thats the only way you're gonna see local change.

[@temple69]

@Kashgarisomeone’s addicted to meat😂

[@cannapurp2833]

Guilting people into cutting their consumption of meat so that the temperature will rise by 0.0004 less of a degree, based on inconsistent reporting of the effects of that raised temperature, will do more harm than good. Steak tasted really good tonight!

[@truckjumperdude]

0:55 ah yes a video about solving climate change problems presented by an airline, one of the biggest culprits of greenhouse gas emissions

[@DeianiraJax]

Right? This stuff is important but it's just a distraction so nobody thinks about the actual biggest carbon emitters.

[@CaptivatingAnecdote]

HAHAH is this a joke???

[@cptkirkpyro5656]

Livestock produces 10 times the annual emissions of all air travel. "The more you know!" 🌠

[@danielpicassomunoz2752]

I'd say te culprits are both the clients, the staff and stakeholders all who benefit form the existence of the airlines

[@iceman7179]

Aviation accounts for only about 3% of Global CO2 emissions. It is far from being a "big culprit" to greenhouse gasses. Do you want to not travel for the holidays and see your grandma?

[@CrzyMan_Personal]

This... is exactly what I expect from Delta.... "Guys, how about, instead of changing our consumption/production habits, how about we just feed the cows something else?"

[@slevinchannel7589]

Vox is overshadowed by many like Not-Just-Bikes, Adam Something, Edenicity and Strong-Town

[@spaghettibird5135]

This is actually a legitimate well-researched concept! It's an unfortunate sponsor but it's true methane from cows is a huge problem and this could be a potential solution!

[@CrzyMan_Personal]

@@spaghettibird5135 I completely agree! But this aligns well with diversion tactics. It's incredibly common for major polluters to say "don't look at us, look over there, let's clean that up!" And then they continue to pollute or even increase their pollution because "well, if you take into account that cleanup, we're actually trending down!". That's why carbon credits are tricky. "Oh, I can just buy these thingies and ramp up production without getting major fines? Let's do it!"

[@spooky.-]

Yeah who would have thought a company doesn’t want to willingly destroy itself! They’re waiting for more fuel efficient and electric planes.

[@ArturoStojanoff]

I know it's much better for them to say who sponsors their content outright, and that they need to fund their reporting somehow, but it's hilarious that this piece, out of all of them, is sponsored by an airline.

[@loujeanjacket]

don't blame animals that can't help it, blame companies that can help it

[@christinavanbeek]

Blame the companies that breed the animals just to profit from them.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Blame the guy eating cows: You.

[@kristineanderson4983]

And what's your contribution?

[@samsonsoturian6013]

She's the customer that screams at cashier for no reason@@kristineanderson4983

[@majdthaher7823]

they're saying don't blame animals that can't help/control gas that is being produced by unaware animals, blame the companies that have the ability (but do not actually) make good decisions that affect how much emissions are being produced@@kristineanderson4983

[@SergioEduP]

I really love it when humanity creates a problem and then blames it on nature for existing. The biosphere existed way before us humans, and it was as close to perfectly designed and balanced as it could be, then we came along and started breaking the balance that kept it working.

[@EladLerner]

Thank you Delta Airlines for making me forget and ignore all the other ethical, ecological, and economic problems of the meat industry. Thanks for re-affirming me that changing my diet is just SO HARD. You're the best, Delta Airlines!♥

[@JackGregson123]

Word 🙌

[@spooky.-]

So Deltas in the wrong for wanting to reduce carbon emissions? What do you want them to do, stop flying?

[@EladLerner]

​@@spooky.- YES! Less sarcasticly: I don't want them to distract the people from the major contributors to climate change by pointing the finger at minor emitters and suggesting unproven and futuristic solutions, while they themselves aren't blamed at all.

[@skadimaniac]

Becuase we will rather change the cows than ever change ourselves... it's just sad at this point

[@muhammadadambinmohdrazihan9988]

What do you mean by changing the cows?

[@wizaaeed]

Not Americans trying to reduce cow emissions, while driving their v16 trucks to the shop and back

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Like... you?

[@Enzo500S]

What do you mean "instead of" convincing people to eat less meat? Can't we do both at the same time? This is more classic coverage about "don't worry about your lifestyle, technology will save us" and very poor to see from Vox.

[@Bob-2023]

Had the same thought... As if reducing methane by x% really solves anything. There are SO many other issues related to humans making a major portion of their plate filled with animals. Kinda shocked this came from Vox.

[@alvaroprieto2092]

Gus Fring gave up chicken and took up cow science

[@eDRoaCH]

This story is interesting and valid on its own, and I follow you because I enjoy the stories you produce. But the sponsorship gives the whole video an air of greenwashing that reduces its impact for me

[@Ashkanman]

The science is sound. Whoever pays for it is irrelevant as long as it's the truth

[@veggieboyultimate]

Factory farming is still a bigger emitter of greenhouse gases than airplanes.

[@onemorechris]

as long as we can blame a different group and split hairs over who has done what, we can avoid actually changing or doing anything

[@ianharas44]

I disagree, even if it's proved that the seaweed is capable of reducing the methane emissions of cows in a significant way, there are other problems like water and land use. But the biggest issue is the ethical one, specifically of raising and killing millions of animals in horrible conditions just to eat them.

[@muhammadadambinmohdrazihan9988]

That's why i only buy free range beef. Yes it is more expansive but the taste is worth it.🤤

[@Sgtpeterenis]

@@muhammadadambinmohdrazihan9988 and you get that meat without killing them? Or is killing now okay with you as long as you let them go outside every once in a while?

[@ocean6462]

​@@muhammadadambinmohdrazihan9988honestly try being vegetarian or pescetsrian, including plant based meats. If you haven't tried it, try impossible beef. It performs really well in blind taste tests, people often can't tell the difference between it and livestock beef. Give it a good try for multiple months. Eat vegetarian food in a way that satisfies all your nutritional needs, get enough high quality protein. I think some fish and eggs are good for the best diet but other than that you don't need meat at all. Beef is really bad for the environment as you know, even compared to other meat. Also you should really do research as to which labels you can trust, and Google the companies to see what the labels really mean. Free range, or cage free chicken for example just means they're not in cages, but they can be in completely cramped factory farms, living their lives in misery for human consumption. Look for certified humane if you want some confidence, but even then there's no guarantee that it's true- look at how each label is regulated by the USDA.

[@mitchelledgecomb9941]

@@muhammadadambinmohdrazihan9988 Free range beef is actually worse for the planet, around 50% of arable land is already taken up for livestock grazing. Factory farming is actually better for the environment considering it massively cuts down on land use in a way rotational grazing can't. Switching to 100% organic free range meat would quite literally mean clearing every single forest on earth for an unsustainable food source, an increase in land use equivalent to North America

[@mitchelledgecomb9941]

@@muhammadadambinmohdrazihan9988 Try eating plant-based meat alternatives, 90% of soya and corn are used to feed animals so eating animal products is not only killing the planet its responsible for world hunger

[@juandavidbejarano6193]

Emissions are not the only problem, there is also the problem of the gigantic amount of land that is lost to raise the cows, I think that the lab meat have a better chance to solve the problem. but in the end there is no better solution than not consuming beef.

[@josephtatum3687]

bro cattles are raised on least fertile areas, learn about agricultural specialization

[@kiuk_kiks]

Don’t they deforest a football pitch size of Brazilian rainforest every minute to make way for grazing land for cattle?

[@dsur5547]

not just land wasted on housing cows but also food we could be eating ourselves is fed to them

[@kiuk_kiks]

@@dsur5547 You wanna eat soya and corn grown for animal feed???

[@beng4647]

The amount of methane won't change. The plants release methane whether a cow eats it or not.

[@Melissa0774]

I wonder if this could help people who have gastrointestinal problems that cause excess gas. Does anyone ever use this seaweed ad an anti gas medicine?

[@shanegonzalez4015]

Not farming them to begin with would be preferable and eliminate the problem entirely. Bandaid ‘fixes’ aren’t actual solutions.

[@Mdgfievf]

The global 14.5% GHG Emissions for livestock from the FAO Livestock’s long shadow is not a fair comparison of emissions across all the sectors because for livestock they used a complete life cycle analysis whereas for transportation they used tailpipe emissions only, not the entire life cycle analysis. According to the EPA, all livestock only represents 3.9% of the US GHG emissions, which is far lower than the 18-51% range many plant based advocates report.

[@migfed]

1.5 billion cows on this planet is equivalent to 5 people for 1 cow?

[@zachphillippy1965]

Why is no one else talking about this!!!

[@savedemperor8024]

So first were cattle farts a climate catastrophe and now are burbs too? 🤣

[@AustenSummers]

Fun Fact: There were roughly the same number of bison in North America in 1400 as there are cows today. This is a classic case of industry diverting attention from more pressing environmental issues.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

If this video was made by Mr. Beast, it’d be “We gave 10,000 cows a sheet of nori during each meal and the cow with the least methane emission gets $10,000.”

[@jnfunvufb]

Let cows eat sushi

[@RyanThickett]

Seaweed may help but like, the best way to deal with animal agriculture killing the planet is to stop animal agriculture.

[@divyajeevan69]

Eating them isn't a problem but their burps are 👏

[@EY_YES]

🌝🌠

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Neither are a problem, and we'll put you in for shock therapy if you say otherwise

[@servant-of-the-federation]

Yes, becuz its tasty

[@Thefuryspeed100]

Why would it be a problem?

[@samsonsoturian6013]

It isn't, but people want excuses to harass farmers@@Thefuryspeed100

[@sealobo]

There are 20,000 jet liners flying in the sky RIGHT NOW. Why don’t you deal with THAT emission, genius?

[@ah-64apache84]

come on xD climate explained by delta?? thats why changing peoples habits is not an option. better make the planes burp less! no cows! what

[@ah-64apache84]

oh and maybe delta also helps with shipping seaweed, i mean with e fuels its carbon neutral right? right?

[@Coffeepanda294]

This is like replacing fossil fuel cars with electric cars. The problem persists, you just feel better because they're better in terms of one single metric.

[@hsk1778]

Good luck eliminating all cow consumption instead

[@ninanando]

@@hsk1778minimizing does a lot more than you think.

[@Sgtpeterenis]

@@hsk1778 why don't we all start helping, then?

[@ceus90]

We need to eat more beef to avoid this problem 😋

[@Sword2024]

That's what I thought 🤤

[@euPhoRic9713]

Humans causing 90% of the issue but still we gotta focus on the 10% done by other animals

[@christinavanbeek]

Well humans are causing that issue as well by mass breeding animals in the billions every year, just to slaughter them and eat them. You can just eat plants. Easy enough

[@ramjeesaradi]

Stop this needless suffering.😢

[@connor.k]

oh man the irony of this video being sponsored by Delta. yeesh

[@RepublicOfWesternCanadaNOW]

This is peak idiocy. Ill never lower my meat intake.

[@johnchessant3012]

Or, you know, we could just consume less meat? Vegan burgers are getting closer and closer to the real thing. 100 people cutting their meat consumption by half is better than 10 people going full vegetarian.

[@chriskay7233]

I'll eat what I want. You eat what you want. Cheers.

[@RokkTheRock]

@chriskay7233 no one said you couldn't, sweetie

[@Imbatmn57]

Also helps to feed them actual grass instead of feed as well as stop mass farming but you know seaweed is good too.

[@placeholdername0000]

Eh, actually, we should be working to make microbial proteins available ASAP. Would be a very nice supplement to the cows feed. Grass fed cows take up loads of land, mainly because unprocessed grass isn't very nutricious. Better to make some high quality feed and then spare some land from the plough. More forrests instead of just fields.

[@stisca]

Grass fed cows burp out more methane than grain fed one. So it's the other way around.

[@adambis337]

Why not tackle the problems directly by not breeding billions of land animals into existence in the first places if there are viable alternatives for protein, vitamins and minerals? The proposition of fixing emissions from the animal farming industry seems like running away from the problem and trying to fix a cracked wall with a band-aid. Eat less meat, more plant-based products and let do lab grown meat do it’s thing if people want to eat something that corresponds 1-to-1 to meat from animals.

[@merajsodha6089]

You didnt watch the video completely or you are just ignorant

[@bradymccann]

Lab grown meat is not the same. Be careful what you wish for

[@flimphister]

​@@merajsodha6089I guess you didn't either they said "once we figure out logistics of transporting seaweed we can do it" You mean the biggest problem as to why we're not doing it. Oh right. Great idea. Eating a plant based diet is logistical NOW. Not hypothetical

[@adambis337]

@@bradymccann I think that would be a personal choice. I personally probably wouldn’t consume it. Some people would however.

[@Munchausenification]

I will recycle, I will save power, I will drive an electric car, I will take public transport when I can and use my bike for smaller errands, I will buy used clothes and air dry it. What I cant make myself do is eat less meat. I already dont eat meat 2 days a week - I think that is good enough

[@anavila8107]

We could also reduce emotions by cutting on consumption. We are looking at solutions that only prolong the causes of the problem. Carbon capture, putting algae on cows, I mean. The sistem is unsustainable and we need to change it, not try to take an aspirin and keep going until it collapses

[@sonowgetup]

Liz Truss randomly popping up at 5.07 made me reflect that her 50-day tenure as British PM was essentially one big long burp!

[@jeremymarat2462]

0:30 OMG this meat is more cooked than Anakin Skywalker ..... 😅

[@williamlai29]

I have one important question. How was the experiment being conducted to conclude the methane production was reduce by 95%? Like, method used and on what scale to be specific.

[@cestca]

Or, hear me out. We do switch to plant based and wait for cultured meat prices to come down. Overall win for everybody involved

[@jxxxxx44]

Not a win for me. Y'all can eat bugs and ride hoverboards while I enjoy my A5 wagyu and drive my V8 sportscar.

[@chuckyfox9284]

@@jxxxxx44 So when you could choose between a world being destroyed by climate change, natural disasters everywhere, hundreds of millions of refugees being murdered at borders because their countries have become unliveable and the ones that are still habitable can't take any more people, and a world where you have to give up two things that, as much as you like to make them part of your identity, the absence of would at worst take the tiniest bit of quality of life away from you, you choose the first one?

[@jxxxxx44]

@@chuckyfox9284 I eat beef like once a week, and I take transit on weekdays, I only drive on weekends or when I need my car's trunk. Is that not enough for you?

[@chuckyfox9284]

@@jxxxxx44 We were not talking about what you were doing, we were talking about if the world would be a better place if everyone went plant based (and gave up their cars).

[@jxxxxx44]

@@chuckyfox9284 what if everybody's doing what I'm doing? Just for the record I hate car dependant suburbs.

[@Charlie-tc8sr]

Or we could stop relying on cows for food! Imagine!

[@ubivatel4207]

I have a proposal for people in the comments: how about we stop flying planes. Like completely. If it's such big problem, why not solve it instantly. Just don't fly. Easy.

[@Suriyavanna]

DELTA AIRLINES HAHAHAHAH

[@MrCalverino]

Tell them to stop cutting down trees to pour concrete

[@Tylru]

World: Lower emissions Delta Airlines: Yeah, lower emissions. Cows: Okay, but why us first?

[@limbeboy7]

Now do one about how much Farts humans produce.

[@lewisfensome8133]

Stop eating cows

[@Sunflowersarepretty]

Funny how this video is sponsored by an airline when planes have also the biggest carbon emissions. That aside its interesting how we can come up with revolutionary ideas like feeding sea weed to cows to reduce the methane. When there's a problem there's a solution. Ig

[@jellow242]

the fact that a climate change video is sponsored by an airline is, frankly, ridiculous. this IS interesting information, but we all know an even better way to improve the planet, so why don't we focus on something other than a possible percentage of four percent of emissions

[@lostgleammedia]

Has anyone thought of eating less meat as a solution, and supporting the organic businesses that are doing more for the planet than cow seaweed and the welfare of cows

[@norwd]

As neat as this is, I find it hard to take climate change advice from an airline :/

[@jurrac8505]

how about just dont farm cows?

[@paulgraham5790]

Cattle emissions do not accumulate in the atmosphere, they break down meaning methane levels reach a particular level and stays there.

[@BuildinWings]

"Presented by Delta" harms your credibility here. It comes across like an airline paid you to shift blame.

[@mikesheahan6906]

If we can spend just half of the research money on teaching cows to swim, we could move all cows offshore, and let them graze in the sea.

[@pasta-and-heroin]

who is behind the conspiracy to keep cows landlocked? we all know that their ancestors could swim before humans enslaved them. this is the solution nobody is talking about

[@samshebs3699]

Its amazing how long cows have been on the earth 🌎 and we are just now on the verge of blowing up 🧐🤔🤦‍♂️

[@hanstun1]

The big problem is that we are digging up carbon rich material and turning them into co2. In a world where you have problems getting people onboard to fix this problem, can we please stop muddling the water with minor side issues. Get the world to stop burning fossil fuel and THEN we can worry about cows.

[@GerblerM]

Hey Vox. How about you show how much pollution the airline industry is responsible for on that graph right next to the livestock? Just so we're getting the full picture.

[@WilfredWalterCarlos]

How about ending animal agriculture altogether?? JFC Always looking for the right way to do the wrong thing. We're in overshoot anyway at this point.

[@H3rraM4juri]

oh yeah lets end it and make all meat eaters mad that is how you gonna make everyone hate ya

[@Sannidor]

You have no idea how much we rely on animal products. It is a good thing. There's no "climate emergency", these scammers are lying.

[@WilfredWalterCarlos]

@@H3rraM4juri OH NO animal eaters will be mad? Better keep destroying the environment then, wouldn't want to upset anyone.

[@jsnoob7069]

I think that theres no problem with delta presenting. Aviation accounts for 2.5%, and is impossible to change while cows are much easier to fix

[@frankmedrisch7451]

Easy? How? Only real way is reduce consumption. See Poore and Nemecek 2018: “Consumers can achieve emissions reductions at a scale not available to producers”

[@theresalwaysanotherway3996]

it accounts for 2.5% of emmisions, but 4% of human induced global warming. It's just as bad as the cows.

[@SamuelBeach]

Easier than convincing the masses to be conscious

[@HawkyStudying]

Yeah, tell that to the the hundreds of millions of poor people in the world that rely un cattle to barely reach their caloric needs. You are a one percenter

[@Nimta]

Pretty sure most of the remaining impoverished world is relying on grains, not livestock.

[@SOURAVEMEL]

It’s not the cows it’s the jet fuel the sponsors of this video uses

[@maxrobinson2794]

Me: "Ok? Why is it such a problem? Why has nobody talked about this before? I am curious" - "This video is presented by DELTA AIRLINES" - also me: "Ah.... that's why..."

[@chuckyfox9284]

It is a huge problem, going vegan is by far the best thing to be done against climate change. Animals products are by far the greatest contributor to climate change. I am honestly shocked anyone could not know this.

[@onemorechris]

Americans in particular, but people in general, aren’t going to change what they eat, even if it means a shot at a habitable planet. The most stubborn people won’t accept a seaweed idea if if doesn’t also lower/maintain the price.

[@stisca]

Back of the envelope calculations suggest this approach doubles the cost of beef at current seaweed prices.

[@onemorechris]

@@stisca ouch. im guessing the venn diagram of people who would pay double and people who eat a lot of meat doesn’t represent a large group

[@stisca]

@@onemorechris yeah... Seaweed isn't going to save us. Or if it is, it is by being mandatory and making beef so expensive people will have to buy less of it.

[@onemorechris]

@@stisca agreed

[@krsnamax6494]

When you need a good example of irony the first 0:58 seconds of this video will be exactly what you need.

[@patrickbateman1660]

What dl want delta to do? Thrre is currently no lower carbon alternatives to planes

[@peanutbuttery6865]

A video about methane emissions sponsored by an airline? The joke writes itself.

[@OtvaramePomaranc]

Cannot wait until some dairy producer sponsors a video about pollution caused by airlines.

[@AbrarPriyo]

holy cow 💀

[@Larry-Jiao]

All I can suggest is that asking for donations followed by sponsored content is not the way content production should have gone.

[@colehickey7019]

I am going to go out in my 90 foot fishing vessel that burns 60 000 liters a week of diesel and scrap the seaweed off the ocean floor to stop climate change

[@calebb8009]

Thanks Vox for providing info on how to keep this holocaust continuing even longer!

[@BuildinWings]

Serious question: Do you support lab meat?

[@alecjahn]

@@BuildinWings That's a good question, I guess... But do you still support Dietz products in this age?

[@BuildinWings]

@@alecjahn LOL no. But I also have liver problems that keep me from processing plant-based lipids properly so I can't go vegan. I'd switch to lab meat in an instant.

[@alecjahn]

@@BuildinWings Hey, best of luck out there! I understand your predicament. Do what makes sense for you! I know how hard it can be to be progressive or mindful with dietary (or otherwise) restrictions.

[@youknowme1475]

Would it reduce any carbon emissions if we stopped cutting down so many trees for a year?

[@samsonsoturian6013]

No.

[@JamesRoyceDawson]

The burping is a tiny fraction of the amount of greenhouse gases emitted and environmental damage done in raising cattle. Cutting that tiny percentage won't stop the far larger problems of soil depletion and deforestation.

[@roblloyd1879]

Cow farts are not a problem, human stupidity is!

[@TheExtrovertedHermit]

These comments did not disappoint 😂😂😂

[@mikew4689]

If cows were supposed to eat sea weed, they would live in the ocean. We already have a sea cow...Barbra Matinee!

[@parkerhahaha]

This doesn’t account for the mass deforestation caused by raising cows or food for them to eat. Farming animals that need to eat plants is always a more environmentally inefficient system. Not surprised based on the sponsor of this video that real solutions aren’t being considered

[@bazza5699]

it would be more healthy for humans to eat the seaweed than to eat meat..

[@cormacorp]

This doesn't solve the problem of wildlife destruction caused by cattle farming. We waste so much of our land raising cattle and growing food for them. I suggest a meat tax to really stop people's behaviour! Do people really care if their McDonalds burger is a vegan one? They mostly care about the cost.

[@christinavanbeek]

This, exactly. I'm sick of people trying to find loopholes, we need radical change

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Please leave farming to those of us that know vasic facts about farming

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Seaweed is really interesting but I just hope it doesn’t become farmed to extinction although I fear it will.

[@EY_YES]

💲💲💲💲💲😤

[@zachphillippy1965]

Wait I am so confused if there are 8 billion people on the earth how is 1.5 billions cows = 5 cows per person??? Someone explain!!!

[@cordbauer9038]

Cow farts are NOT a problem. Look, "problem" solved.

[@Rat__Wife]

Or just like stop eating beef and dairy

[@JaeeMercer]

I think cow burps are the least of the climate’s concerns… but that’s just me though.

[@Mr.Ramirez95]

Bruh, DELTA AIRLINES?!

[@AdamWest-qp3yp]

False. it’s the amount of cows we farm that are the problem not the cow itself.

[@oguzalpsamli6823]

How about not raising and then killing these innocent animals by torture?

[@alvaroprieto2092]

then they should have evolved dexterous fingers and humongous brains and eaten us instead

[@gtafreeek]

But they're really yummy in my tummy

[@letniakuchnia6065]

No

[@alvaroprieto2092]

@@gtafreeek unos tacos de lengua en salsa verde... o un caldito de res... mmm

[@adambis337]

@@gtafreeekSensory satiation is a weak excuse for the harm that’s associated with it.

[@sushrutsharma6927]

What about the burps we get after eating cow 🤣🤣🤣

[@saadsalman6641]

Gav mata 😜

[@yf.f4919]

"What about the planes?" Yes, but this video's about cows.

[@nestoons4539]

Everyone is complaining about the Delta Airlines sponsorship I literally got an ad before the video about their commitment to zero carbon emissions and reduced plastic use

[@nickgehr6916]

That's why we need to eat more of them.