<story><title>Unexpected Surge in Global Methane Levels</title><url>https://climatenexus.org/climate-change-news/methane-surge/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sascha_sl</author><text>This is terrible advice, because it makes people think they did &amp;quot;enough&amp;quot; themselves to combat climate change when dropping animal product methane to 0 would not even be close to enough.&lt;p&gt;Remember, 100 companies are responsible for 71% of climate emissions. These need to be dealt with, swiftly.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;sustainable-business&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;jul&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;sustainable-business&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;jul&amp;#x2F;10...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>spraak</author><text>Often I see comments asking what we can do to combat this, or expressing feeling hopeless. While it is not the complete solution, one direct way is by eliminating your personal consumption of animal products. Animal agriculture is a huge contributor to methane production, especially from cows.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Overall, we conclude that methane emissions associated with both the animal husbandry and fossil fuel industries have larger greenhouse gas impacts than indicated by existing inventories. [1]&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pnas.org&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;early&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;1314392110.abstract&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pnas.org&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;early&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;1314392110.abs...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ourlordcaffeine</author><text>&amp;gt;Remember, 100 companies are responsible for 71% of climate emissions&lt;p&gt;Most of these 100 companies are oil companies, and the emissions from oil they sold on to consumers is unfairly attributed to them. Exxon don&amp;#x27;t burn oil for fun, they sell it to people to power their cars.&lt;p&gt;This statistic is incredibly misleading.</text></comment>
<story><title>Unexpected Surge in Global Methane Levels</title><url>https://climatenexus.org/climate-change-news/methane-surge/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sascha_sl</author><text>This is terrible advice, because it makes people think they did &amp;quot;enough&amp;quot; themselves to combat climate change when dropping animal product methane to 0 would not even be close to enough.&lt;p&gt;Remember, 100 companies are responsible for 71% of climate emissions. These need to be dealt with, swiftly.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;sustainable-business&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;jul&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;sustainable-business&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;jul&amp;#x2F;10...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>spraak</author><text>Often I see comments asking what we can do to combat this, or expressing feeling hopeless. While it is not the complete solution, one direct way is by eliminating your personal consumption of animal products. Animal agriculture is a huge contributor to methane production, especially from cows.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Overall, we conclude that methane emissions associated with both the animal husbandry and fossil fuel industries have larger greenhouse gas impacts than indicated by existing inventories. [1]&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pnas.org&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;early&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;1314392110.abstract&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pnas.org&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;early&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;1314392110.abs...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>perfunctory</author><text>&amp;gt; because it makes people think they did &amp;quot;enough&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;It doesn&amp;#x27;t. I reduced my own meat consumption and I don&amp;#x27;t think it was enough. In fact, no single measure would be enough. There are no low hanging fruits here. We need lots and lots of different adjustments across the board.&lt;p&gt;So, this is a good advice, along with all the other good pieces of advice.</text></comment>