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by why_at 718 days ago
I think a big part of it is that we have so many more cattle than the earth could naturally support, and the number is only increasing as the world gets more developed. As it stands, even without any other sources of carbon emissions cattle would be enough to cause significant climate change on their own. [0]

[0] https://ourworldindata.org/food-emissions-carbon-budget