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Livestock and rice management seem to be the most controversial sectors.

that the health impacts of climate change amount to approximately 7% of the total global damages.

use of specific agents or dietary additives (like antibiotics and antimethanogen that suppress methanogenesis),

All these measures aim at improving feed conversion efficiency,

will take decades for the green products I’ve been telling you about to reach a big enough scale to make a significant difference.

SCC estimates in the literature vary significantly

an alteration of ocean circulation patterns

Paul Hawken thinks we’ve had it backward. Instead of taxing good things like income, Hawken would like to see government tax bad things like pollution or excessive use of energy or virgin materials. Taxing fuels based on their carbon content, for instance (more carbon is more damaging), would encourage use of low-polluting fuels like natural gas in