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2024-08-09 16:45:21 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Animals can't carry out photosynthesis to produce oxygen. As cows can't produce oxygen it is impossible for them to "produce more oxygen than methane". The original report does not make this claim. https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/breath-life https://www.the-scientist.com/scientists-use-photosynthesis-to-power-an-animal-s-brain-69307#:~:text=Unlike%20plants%2C%20animals%20can,of%20energy%20needed%20to%20function https://beef.unl.edu/documents/2023-beef-report/81-86_McPhillips_MP117-2023.pdf

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• Animals can't carry out photosynthesis to produce oxygen. As cows can't produce oxygen it is impossible for them to "produce more oxygen than methane". The original report does not make this claim. https://oumnh.ox.ac.uk/breath-life https://www.the-scientist.com/scientists-use-photosynthesis-to-power-an-animal-s-brain-69307#:~:text=Unlike%20plants%2C%20animals%20can,of%20energy%20needed%20to%20function https://beef.unl.edu/documents/2023-beef-report/81-86_McPhillips_MP117-2023.pdf