If you will excuse a mixed metaphor, cows are being used as scapegoats, to downplay and detract from the main driver of the climate crisis — fossil fuels. The claim is that cows burp methane gas and contribute to our climate crisis. This is a deception, because it leaves out important parts of the equation. To summarise, cows and other ruminants are part of a carbon cycle, whereas the fossil fuel industries are a carbon source. The word cycle comes from the Greek for circle, and that’s what i...

If you will excuse a mixed metaphor, cows are being used as scapegoats, to downplay and detract from the main driver of the climate crisis — fossil fuels. The claim is that cows burp methane gas and contribute to our climate crisis. This is a deception, because it leaves out important parts of the equation. To summarise, cows and other ruminants are part of a carbon cycle, whereas the fossil fuel industries are a carbon source. The word cycle comes from the Greek for circle, and that’s what i...