The Rice Paddy Problem (& Solutions)
When you hear the words “CO2 emission” what do you think of? Fossil fuel combustion? Gasoline-powered vehicles? Manufacturing materials? Deforestation? Well, what about rice paddies? The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) has estimated that rice paddies emit a staggering 10%-12% of global methane emissions (60 million metric tons). These paddies also emit Nitrous Oxide.
