{"id":11776,"date":"2020-01-17T18:37:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T16:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carnisostenibili.it\/?p=11776"},"modified":"2020-01-17T20:37:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T18:37:18","slug":"now-for-greenpeace-even-smog-is-farmings-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carnisostenibili.it\/en\/now-for-greenpeace-even-smog-is-farmings-fault\/","title":{"rendered":"Now for Greenpeace even smog is farmings\u2019 fault"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Greenpeace, animal farms (intensive ones, of course) are the main culprits of climate sins (and not only) that afflict us. However, the reality is different: ISPRA data show that for the primary particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) the influence of farms is of little importance.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest remark of the livestock sector\u2019s detractors, in days of smog, is that farms<\/strong> are the most important contributors to the accumulation of smog and particulates<\/strong> (the so-called PM10<\/strong> and PM2.5<\/strong>) which tend to form the most dangerous part of this winter enemy. To corroborate this “news”, Greenpeace<\/strong> cites the ISPRA<\/strong> report (National Inventory Report, 2019) according to which “animals in the stables are responsible for 15.1% of the pollution by 2.5 pm”, with data that exceed all other sectors, except domestic heating<\/strong>.<\/p>\n#Agriculture (all, including #AnimalHusbandry) represented 11.7% of #PM10 and 3.2% of PM2.5, a total of 7.7% of the #particulate emitted in Italy in 2017. <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n

I understand that reading the ISPRA report carefully is a laborious job<\/strong> and that some competence is needed to do it, but reporting totally invented data<\/strong> does not help Greenpeace<\/strong>‘s cause (and its many and largely shareable battles).<\/p>\n

Let’s put some numbers in order: in 2017 196,000 tons of PM10 and 165,000 tons of PM2.5<\/strong> were spilled into the Italian air, for a total of 361,000 tons of fine dust<\/strong> (almost 6 kg \/ year per inhabitant), with a decrease of 33% and 28% respectively compared to 1990<\/strong> (in that year we breathed over 9 kg of fine dust per person in Italy).<\/p>\n#Agriculture and #livestock contribute little and in a decreasing way to #smog, while other sources today represent more than 92% of #particulate matter (PM) #emissions. <\/a><\/span>Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n

Agriculture<\/strong> (all, including animal husbandry<\/strong>) represented 11.7% of PM10 and 3.2% of PM2.5<\/strong>, a total of 7.7% of the fine dust emitted in Italy in 2017<\/strong>, with an overall reduction, from 1990 to today, of 12,000 tons poured into the atmosphere. In comparison, combustion in non-industrial plants<\/strong> increased from 135,000 tons in 1990 to 227,000 tons in 2017, making up 62.9% of fine particles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So: agriculture contributes little and in a decreasing way to smog, while other sources today represent more than 92% of particulate matter (PM) emissions<\/strong>. This is why the London fog was fought by breaking down the coal fireplaces and certainly not farms. British people of that time, even in the fog, had a clearer view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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