Denmark to charge farmers €100 a cow in first carbon tax on agriculture | Coalition government agrees annual levy on emissions from livestock after months of fraught negotiations

silence7 · 9 days ago

Denmark to charge farmers €100 a cow in first carbon tax on agriculture | Coalition government agrees annual levy on emissions from livestock after months of fraught negotiations

(www.ft.com)

leauxhigh · 9 days ago

it’s the huge commercial farming that’s the problem. Feeding grains and such making the gas worse for the animals. Smaller grass fed farms shouldn’t be included in the tax.

silence7 · 9 days ago

The problem is the bacteria cows use to digest cellulose. That’s not really changed by grass-feeding the animals. What’s needed is to sharply reduce the total quantity of cattle; the only way going to small grass-fed farms is going to make a big difference is to stop raising as many animals.