As mentioned earlier in this Blog, when it comes to dealing with global warming through reducing green house gases, choices are very hard to make. For Australians, going for Kangaroos on the menu may be such a hard choice. Green House gases produced by grazing livestock account for 11 percent of Australia’s annual emissions. If such livestock like sheep and cattle are replaced by Kangaroos, it can reduce the contribution of the sector to annual emission by a quarter according to a recent Study. According to the same report, by 2020 the country can reduce its annual emission by 3 percent if it replaces 7 million cattle and 36 million sheep with 175 million kangaroos producing the same amount of meat. Going for Kangaroos will reduce the amount of methane produced from the gourmet of cattle. Methane’s warming potential over a 100 year time frame is 21 times higher than CO2, although its chemical lifetime is only 8-12 yrs when compared to CO2's 100 yrs. As a result reducing the amount of Methane in the atmosphere is certainly an effective short-term way of controlling the warming of the global temperature.
As far as health is concerned, Kangaroo meat can be better choice than others because of a number of reasons. Kangaroo meat is ideal for maintaining a balanced diet as it is low in cholesterol and fat and high in proteins and mineral. However, changing farming and eating practice may not be that easy for the Australians as Kangaroo enjoys the status of national icon. On the other hand, for many farmers in the country, the animal is regarded as a pest competing for gazing pastures with other more profitable animals. Australia is also one of the leading producers of wool and beef in the world.
The total green house gas emissions from Australia amount to 576 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent or 1.5% of the world emission. Kangaroos do offer low-emission meat to the Australians. Going for the Kangaroos will definitely help Australia reduce its green house gas emissions and that of the world as well.
As far as health is concerned, Kangaroo meat can be better choice than others because of a number of reasons. Kangaroo meat is ideal for maintaining a balanced diet as it is low in cholesterol and fat and high in proteins and mineral. However, changing farming and eating practice may not be that easy for the Australians as Kangaroo enjoys the status of national icon. On the other hand, for many farmers in the country, the animal is regarded as a pest competing for gazing pastures with other more profitable animals. Australia is also one of the leading producers of wool and beef in the world.
The total green house gas emissions from Australia amount to 576 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent or 1.5% of the world emission. Kangaroos do offer low-emission meat to the Australians. Going for the Kangaroos will definitely help Australia reduce its green house gas emissions and that of the world as well.
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Some studies put methane as 7 times more powerful than CO2 as a greenhouse gas. Frankly, I don't think humans have much to do with global warming and I don't think we are significant enough on the planet to do much about it. But, if we're gonna try, then cows are going to be the first casualty as far as I'm concerned - always have been, always will be.
'humans don't have much to do with global warming'
That is an highly one-sided statement. All these industrialisation, the burning of coal, oil and gas are for the human, by the human and of the human. Blaming only the poor cows will not stop the temperature increasing.
Hhmm, inever know this ... But i don't think i would dare to eat kangaroo ..
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