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A Herd of 170 Bison May Be the Unlikely Climate Warriors We've Needed All Along-These massive mammals are absorbing carbon with every giant step they take
Popular Mechanics ^ | MAY 23, 2024 | DARREN ORF

Posted on 05/28/2024 6:44:10 AM PDT by SJackson

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To: SJackson

Unpopular Idiots.
Along with their sidekick Unpopular Science.


21 posted on 05/28/2024 6:59:35 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: SJackson

Almost like God knows better than proglibs. ALMOST.


22 posted on 05/28/2024 6:59:56 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: MichaelPLaw1971

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23 posted on 05/28/2024 7:00:36 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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BTW it was an attempt to recover the Soviet K-129 sub (had to look up her hull number) and her nuclear missiles.

Which was a good idea đź’ˇ.

Did they fail? Well they claimed that they did.


24 posted on 05/28/2024 7:01:42 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SJackson

Years from now when this global warming religion is thoroughly debunked, people will look back on articles like this and laugh and say, “Did people really believe that in those days?


25 posted on 05/28/2024 7:03:22 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: SJackson

*Science* can NEVER make up its mind.

First it’s good. Then it’s bad. Then it’s good again, until ooopsssss.....


26 posted on 05/28/2024 7:04:03 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: SJackson

I like buffalos better than giant wind-fans and solar panels, sounds good to me.


27 posted on 05/28/2024 7:04:44 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: SJackson

The world has two kinds of people:
1. Those who think of nothing but RACE RACE RACE.
2. Those who think of nothing but CO2 CO2 CO2.

But it’s nice to see somebody rehabilitating ruminants, even if it is only because their hooves leave deep impressions in the soil.

It just goes to show the folly of “science” these days. One day you are the most evil creature on the planet, the next you’re a hero. It’s just like the old Soviet Union.


28 posted on 05/28/2024 7:04:53 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: SJackson

I read a similar article on Siberia. A Russian scientist had calculated that by allowing the big mammals like Yaks, Bison, Elk and Moose to thrive again it would delay permafrost melting by like 2 centuries. Apparently they are being over-hunted now.

It seems besides the stamping of feet they concentrate on eating shoots of young trees. Keeping the area steppe and tundra. When the grasslands are allowed to become forests the dark foliage in the summer absorbs a LOT more heat due to the changed Albido. The grasslands in summer are light gray and reflect most of the light , allowing the ground to remain frozen just a few inches deep.

seems a cheap and easy way to keep the far north cold another 200 years.

https://courier.unesco.org/en/articles/sergey-zimov-thawing-permafrost-direct-threat-climate


29 posted on 05/28/2024 7:08:05 AM PDT by Phoenix8 (600s.)
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To: SJackson
Darren Orf has a Master Plan to save the “Erf”.
30 posted on 05/28/2024 7:08:56 AM PDT by Col Freeper (Praise and Trust in the LORD in All Things at All Times.)
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So... it just so happens the critters the deep greenies love, do not contribute to "climate change"!!

Who would have thought it.

This isn't science. It is propaganda labeled as science "scientism".

31 posted on 05/28/2024 7:11:00 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: Ge0ffrey

Sheesh even Popular Mechanics has the cancer. Every public facing entity has been hijacked


32 posted on 05/28/2024 7:24:13 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: SJackson

Bison are very efficient at sequestering carbon, as long as they are alive. Then they die and, as they decompose, they release all the carbon they captured during their growth cycle.

For bison to sequester carbon for a long time, they have to be turned into coal. This is technically feasible, but it requires an assist from Mother Nature and a lot of time.

The same is true of all living plants and animals.

Carbon sequestration over the lifecycle of plants and animals is so trivial as to be irrelevant. Whatever position one takes in the CO2 wars, the issue is about the release of geologically stored carbon, not hamburger production. Or ethanol production, in which a corn plant is planted in (say) April or early May and harvested and processed in September or October, with CO2 as a net wash over that period.


33 posted on 05/28/2024 7:26:12 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: SJackson

Bison don’t fart?


34 posted on 05/28/2024 7:30:04 AM PDT by null and void (“No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up”. ~ Lily Tomlin)
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To: SJackson

But cow farts are a problem? Bison are just big cows.


35 posted on 05/28/2024 7:30:47 AM PDT by Fai Mao ( Starve the Beast and steal its food.)
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To: SaveFerris
Did they fail? Well they claimed that they did.

Why would they lie?

36 posted on 05/28/2024 7:32:48 AM PDT by null and void (“No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up”. ~ Lily Tomlin)
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To: SJackson

Bison? Stop being stupid. Trees absorb a million times more CO2.


37 posted on 05/28/2024 7:37:31 AM PDT by Fido969
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To: SJackson

The global warmism is BS.

BUT ...

Bison meat is ‘good eats’. I prefer it to domesticated beef.

According to wikihahahapedia, bison meat is kosher.

So raising more bison can be a good thing!


38 posted on 05/28/2024 7:37:39 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Ge0ffrey
What does this have to do with mechanics?

Only because it was the only place the J School graduate could get a job.

39 posted on 05/28/2024 7:38:25 AM PDT by Fido969
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To: Gen.Blather

So much of the Climate Crisis is about selling newspapers, magazines, stick with us for breaking news, or getting clicks on YouTube today. Meaning the more outrageous the headline, the more likely someone is going to read it. If you put the polar bear floating on the ice berg on the cover of Time magazine they are more likely to buy it.

Now, IF you make a click bait statement, someone is more likely to read your stupid article on the internet or watch your video on YouTube. The more clicks, the more you make.

There will never be a headline that reads “all is well, no reason to worry, have a nice day”


40 posted on 05/28/2024 7:38:59 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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