>2.1. Greenhouse emissionsFarting cows do not cause climate change. The EPA estimates[1] that all agriculture produces about 10% of US greenhouse emissions, while animal agriculture is less than half of that. Other developed countries, like Germany[2], UK[3] and Australia[4] all have similarly low emissions. Vegans use global estimations that are skewed by developing countries with inefficient subsistence agriculture. Their main figure is an outdated and retracted[5] source that compared lifecycle to direct emissions.
>FOOTNOTES[1]
https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions[2]
https://i.imgur.com/u9MYKtH.jpg[3]
https://di.unfccc.int/ghg_profiles/annexOne/GBR/GBR_ghg_profile.pdf#page=2[4]
https://www.anao.gov.au/work/performance-audit/accounting-reporting-australias-greenhouse-gas-emissions-estimates[5]
https://clippings.ilri.org/2019/01/27/fao-sets-the-record-straight-on-flawed-livestock-emission-comparisons-and-the-livestock-livelihoods-on-the-line/