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[–] [Deleted] 0 points (+0|-0)

Farmers don't create co2?

[–] smallpond [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

Our breathing creates CO2 as well, but I think the main greenhouse impact of the dairy/agriculture industry is through methane and nitrous oxide. They produce a more intense warming, over a shorter atmospheric lifetime.

https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gases

https://climate.nasa.gov/causes/