European and American countries "ban" China from growing rice? Growing rice produces huge amounts of methane, affecting global climate

Rice is the most representative food crop in China and even in the whole of East Asia and Southeast Asia. It can be said that rice has been deeply rooted in the blood of the Chinese people. In some areas where rice is the staple food, if you don’t eat rice for a day, you will feel uncomfortable. However, in European and American countries. But they don't want the Chinese to eat rice, saying that the Chinese are destroying the climate and environment by planting rice? Hearing this, everyone must be full of question marks. The history of Chinese eating rice may be longer than the history of the founding of European and American countries. Why do we say that eating rice will pollute the environment?

The source of everything Copenhagen climate conference

Since the Copenhagen Climate Summit in 2009, all countries in the world have paid attention to the issue of global warming. All countries must reduce the occurrence of climate warming through carbon neutrality. A share of the ability to reduce your own carbon emissions. At this time, some meteorologists controlled by European and American countries immediately jumped out and accused the Chinese of destroying the climate and environment by eating rice. Their theories aren't bullshit either, as scientific research proves that rice produces a lot of methane when it's grown.

It is true that methane is the second largest greenhouse gas in the world after carbon dioxide, and its greenhouse effect is 28 times that of carbon dioxide, and rice fields are indeed the main source of methane emissions, accounting for 10% of global methane emissions. The higher, the more developed the root system, the greater the methane emissions.

It seems that there is some truth to these remarks. The hybrid rice cultivated by Academician Yuan Longping doubled the yield per unit of rice in my country, and the doubling of the output also means that the emission of methane is gradually increasing. The accusations from Europe and the United States seem unreasonable. .

But is this really the case?

Although it is said that rice is a crop that directly produces methane, the production of methane is also closely related to the oxidation process of methane. There is a microorganism that can oxidize methane in rice fields. When there is sufficient oxygen, it will plant rice. The methane produced is converted into carbon dioxide, thereby reducing the concentration of methane in the soil. Those meteorologists say that the higher the production, the more methane emissions, and it has not been proved by actual experiments, just here.

In my country, a country with rich experience in rice planting, it has been proved by a lot of practice that although the yield of high-yield rice increases, it can also transport more oxygen in the air to the soil, allowing the oxidation of methane in the soil. Continuously, thereby reducing emissions.

The new rice varieties cultivated in my country can not only achieve high yields, but also achieve low methane emissions, and planting technology can also effectively improve the oxygen composition in rice fields, so that methane can be more fully oxidized in the soil. And at the same time, my country's rice cultivation has expanded from the south to the northeast. The temperature in the northeast is low, and the emission of methane will be less.

To sum up, the accusations made by European and American climatologists for rice cultivation in my country are completely without practical consideration, and they have political purposes. Weapons seize the life of the Chinese.

Climate warming isn't just due to methane

Every time our country encounters such a climate conference, it will be criticized by European and American countries, accusing China of excessive carbon emissions.

However, compared with these countries, China has a population of more than 1.4 billion, and they are only seven or eight million. The population is more than 20 to 30 million. What is the ratio of China's total emissions? At this time, Europe and the United States do not count per capita emissions.

Moreover, the industrialization of European and American countries has been developing for two or three hundred years. Their previous high-polluting and high-energy-consuming enterprises have already been developed, and some of them have been transferred to developing countries represented by China, which has led to the carbon emissions of these countries. Emissions are increasing.

When European and American countries accused us of destroying mountains and forests for mining minerals, they forgot when they burned and cut down a large number of tropical rainforests and turned them into their plantations in order to develop agriculture. They accuse us of not using clean energy, causing large-scale environmental pollution. When there is smog, they forget the massacre in the smog capital of the United Kingdom.

Global warming is the result of many factors. Just putting the responsibility for climate warming on rice will not bear such a big burden. The major contributors to methane emissions are not only rice farming, but also beef farming. A lot of power.

According to scientific research, cows also emit a large amount of methane gas when they burp and fart. A cow can emit 500 liters of methane in the exhaust gas discharged from the body every day, while an ordinary cow can also emit 250 liters. You know this number What does it mean? The carbon emissions of all cattle in the world are the third highest in the world after China and the United States.

And not only a series of ruminants such as cattle, sheep and deer will emit a large amount of greenhouse gases, but beef is their main meat in foreign countries. Every European and American country raises a large number of beef cattle. In addition, in the recipes of European and American countries The content of dairy products is extremely high, and each cow, which can produce 500 liters of methane a day, is also raised in large quantities.

Moreover, the feeding of cattle is not like wheat. By improving planting technology, methane emissions from rice cultivation can be reduced. Scientists have also tried to improve the feed structure of cattle and put masks and pants on cattle to reduce methane emissions. But these methods have had little effect, and cattle's carbon emissions remain high.

After reading these, we can also point to the noses of European and American countries and say, eat less beef, this is to protect the climate and environment of all human beings.

As a representative food crop in East Asia and Southeast Asia, rice nurtures the entire earth and nearly 1/3 of the population. If the production of rice is reduced simply because of the few words of scientists, it will be a very serious food crisis. There will be nearly 3 billion people and will face the danger of not having enough to eat. Presumably this crisis will More immediate and ferocious than the climate crisis.

So instead of being there and nitpicking us developing countries, it is better to think of some really feasible and reliable solutions to improve global warming and let human beings get through this difficult time together.