Generic_Handel

joined 2 years ago
[–] Generic_Handel@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

Perhaps as you are getting older and more wise you are simply recognizing the artificiality of some people more than you used to.

[–] Generic_Handel@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Replacing cows with yeasts that produce whey and casein (the 2 proteins in milk) is already underway. That could go along way to reducing methane and carbon dioxide.

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-yeast-cow.html

[–] Generic_Handel@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Large animals that were difficult or costly to domesticate (like the Aurochs) were generally just wiped out.
My guess is if horses were carnivores they would be extinct or limited to a few in zoos and some of the wilder places (like tigers).

[–] Generic_Handel@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

The environment around Chernobyl is doing great without people.