If we ban cattle due to methane emissions, we'd better ban termites, cockroaches and other insects which are responsible for far more methane emissions than cattle.

Why is it OK to eat insects, but not animal meat? If you measure methane emissions in isolation, rather than in context to their environment, you couldn't support either.

Insects raised for human consumption, would be just as problematic as cows raised in a feedlot or barn.

But most of Australia's meat cattle are raised in pasture. So methane emissions are not an issue and farmers should not be penalised. (Not that I believe emissions are a problem anyway).

'....with so much of the discussion with cattle and methane is that there is no discussion of context. The way enteric emissions (essentially burps) have been measured with cattle is either through masks, SF6 tracers, or chambers. This means the cattle’s emissions are measured out of the context of where the cattle live.

In healthy well managed pastures, cattle help build organic soil matter that stores more carbon via photosynthesis (carbon is pumped by plants roots into the soil in exchange for soil nutrients) and due to the land not being disturbed.'

Insects raised for human consumption, would be just as problematic as cows raised in a feedlot or barn.