While it does, it's not nearly enough to counterbalance the output we do have on CO₂. By the way, CH₄ (the chemical formula of Methane) is also necessary for plants to grow. While most carbon comes from the CO₂ and Hydrogen from H₂O (water), they need an alternative source of hydrogen during low rainfall, and the high amount of hydrogen in methane fits the bill perfectly for them.

While it is much stronger than CO₂ as a greenhouse gas, it still "only" contributes about 20% to the heating of the planet. That's because CH₄ ain't very stable to UV light and gets cracked over several stades into CO₂ and H₂O. This is helpful for keeping the amount at least partially in check, but still the concentration has risen by 150% since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Most of the CO₂ gets into the oceans, turning them more and more acidic (deadly for anything with a hard shell, like mossels, coral and pearls, since the CaCO₃ (Calcium Carbonate) they are made of is more soluble the more acidic the water gets, making it increasingly difficult to form their shells). If these two effects where not in play, the planet would aready be unliveably hot by now

Eating less beef would undoubtly be good for the planet and reduce emissions, but it's sadly not the solution to the problem - just a small part of it. Also, while cows produce a lot of Methane, they still get outproduced by the industry, especially the oil industry.

It also raises another question: What to replace the beef with? Other livestock, while not nearly as much, still produce CH₄. Growing foodplants needs fertilizers, which release N₂O (Nitrous Oxide). N₂O is actually about 300 times as strong as CO₂ in terms of Greenhouse gas, so even several times stronger than CH₄, and agriculture is here by far and large the main producer of this gas (about 80% including manure, compared to 35% including manure in the case of CH₄). Thus an all vegan diet will not stop the earth from heating up, it just swaps one greenhouse gas for another

A special problem with beef is that they are only bred either for milk or for meat, no cow race is used for both. If they could come up with a cow race that produces both tender meat and large quantities of milk, the amount of beef needed could already get drastically reduced.

While we're at it, never use a spray if there's another alternatives (like rolling ones for deodorants). While their pressure gases don't destroy the Ozone layer anymore, they are all extremy potent greenhouse gases, staying up in the atmosphere for several millenia and have several thousand times the potency of CO₂.

These facts are obviously fake since the EPA is a central part of this conspiracy.

Please tell me you're being sarcastic.

Because I honestly can't tell anymore.

Finally someone else on here is going to have a harder time than me! Good luck with what you just wrote here, Ill be sure to watch all the replies you get.

This is the most alternative facts - damage controlling thread and title I've ever seen in my time on this site.

The true cause of global warming is the sun. We should work towards a solution to get rid of that offensively burning ball of gas and all problems will be solved. Perhaps we can launch a big space blanket in orbit. That should reduce skin cancer etc too. Then we can burn everything we want, install big lights everywhere and get the whole planet on the same timezone. Build a wall around the earth, that's the solution.

I need more metric to imperial conversions in the op. Sorry I'm a dumb American. 

Also I don't believe one bit that cows are the biggest contributor.  Sure their burps, farts and shit add some but they aren't the biggest.

How about we instead convert burger places into chicken places?

Hence, more KFCs and Chick Fil-As.

Facepalm x2 Combo

I know these "facts" that the earth is cooling and their scientific proof. What they measure is the air themperature in the Mesosphere, about 50km above ground. There, the Earth is indeed cooling down. But that's because the air is so thin and so high above our weather system (which goes up to about 15km above sea level) that it

a. doesn't have any impact on our weather or climate at all

b. because the air is so thin there, it almost can't keep any heat. What it measures is purely solar radiation, which has indeed diminished.

And for some more empiric facts: When i was a little kid, we had lots of snow every winter. Now I can count the days with snowfall on a single hand, most of the time it's raining now. It kept getting less and less almost every year during my teen/young adult years, and apart from a short period around 2010, snowfall has gotten really scarce by now.

What's even more funny is someone claiming to know everyone's level of interest (or lack thereof) in climate change. You are right, people oppose pulling out of the Paris Agreement JUST because it was Trump, you nailed it! VGChartz is the best place to talk about political matters!