Since livestock production is the #1 cause of climate change, why don't the government address the main issue?

Livestock production? And what happens when we quit eating cows and switch to all of that grain and fiber they currently graze on?

It turns to methane, just like it does now.

Try again.

Since the livestock industry has existed for thousands of years and "climate change" has only been an issue for 20 so years there is surely a huge gap in your one sided logic. Firstly you're enforcing your own vegan agenda and not looking at the bigger picture.

Whilst it is science fact that animals can produce high levels of methane and research in this field is key it's not the only problem. Things have changed and until you understand that, enforcing what you call the 'main issue' will not help.

So what has radically changed? The two biggest contributors are not in fact from the livestock but, the methods used in cretain areas;

[1] Fertiliser

[2] Cutting down of the Brazilian rain forest (the main issue).

[1] Producing fertiliser produces a considerable amount of greenhouse gases. However questioning how they arrive at the levels of these figures for livestock is questionable considering that land cannot support crops but, can support grass without fertiliser. Hence why before the days of fertiliser farming crops used to rotate the fields leaving one fallow every few years. However, with fertiliser the field can be used again and again using large amount of fertiliser.

[2] The overall issues of imports and effects are shown in the video below. The Brazilian rain forest is the biggest problem with livestock farming. As you should know considerable land is used and forests destroyed for the purpose of agricultural gain. However not too far behind livestock farming in this case is the production of crops, so if we all stopped eating livestock then the crops would pick up the slack and nothing would change.

However considering most livestock products come from the EU it would be wrong for the EU to enforce a policy to stop sustainable livestock farming and increase unsustainable imports of fruit and veg. So simple solution, buy local.

Then finally you have the final issue with producing vegetables etc, the use of pesticides can kill lots of insects. So as you see this is not as clear cut as you make out and the actual solution is to encourage food production in the UK and not to decrease it. This will decrease our dependence on importing food from unsustainable sources.

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You are wrong about the main cause of climate change.

If you have to point to the main course then you need look no further than in a mirror. Humans are the biggest cause of climate change for many reasons. even down to the fact that there are too many humans for the planet to cope with , 6 billion plus and growing by millions every year. Man kind is selfish greedy and polluting its extremely perverse and will blame anything for the mess the planet is in..Humans are rotten, absolutely destructive and if unchecked will destroy planet earth for every other living thing.

Global warming is caused by solar activity and has been going on since time began. It is being featured now in order to create fear throughout the world and create extra taxes, the flatulence of cows for instance, to cure it when it will cure itself in time. Global warming is being purported to be the enemy of the world just as 9/11 and the London bombings were used to make muslims into the supposed enemy of the West. Not too long ago the Russians and other communists where called the enemy. There must always be a common enemy but Global Warming is being used as a common Global enemy.

Oh, stop it.

Mankind's expansion, farming, algae, solar activity, the fact that we are coming out of an ice age and a host of other factors are responsible for the planet warming up. Turning us all vegan will have little to no effect.

Expect an ecologocal tax on Beef when our governments latch on to this one.

I'm doing my part to prevent global warming and climate change by converting my garbage to potash and using it to help feed my organic garden. (I burn it.)

Garbage isn't as good as weeds and other woody stuff, but since it's mostly paper and meat, it's fine. I use the veggie waste as compost

Steel cans go back to the earth from whence they came, along with plastics and other similar stuff.

As to cow farts, cows basically have huge empty skulls and derive much pleasure from flatulence (one assumes based upon their seeming contentedness) You so-called animal lovers would deprive these stupid creatures one of their few pleasures in life, their other pleasures would be secretly laughing at people in cars who moo at them, and their rush when the sldgehammer comes down and the lights go out.

I am a vegetarian and I don't agree with breeding animals to eat, but I wouldn't stop anybody else from eating meat and I don't think this has anything to do with climate change, it's been happening for millions of years.

Crazy answers aside the variation in the output of the sun is the main cause of climate change. Most of us are doing all we can to help by eating cows hand over fist. Why don't you help?

How can you stop a billion cows farting????? Now I got this terrible mental picture of millions of vegans walking into cow fields and inserting their index fingers saying I'm doing this to save the world, and the cows thinking, this is very sudden.....shouldnt you be taking me out to dinner first.