I knew I was right
Cows could be doing more to harm the environment than four-wheel-drive cars. Methane emissions from cattle account for a quarter of the gas in our air and researchers are trying to find a new way to feed cattle which leads to less belching. [I'm serious]
Michael Abberton of the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research said that the average dairy cow belches out about 100-200 litres of methane each day. "There is a common misperception about how methane gas gets into the atmosphere," he said "It is actually belching rather than the other end."
So what's the answer?
posted by Paul Reid at 10:01 AM
6 Comments:
Is there a disturbing theme emerging linking the production of dangerous hot air and sermons....?
3:19 AM
big corks - lots of them
5:13 PM
I've never heard a cow preach a sermon, but I hear they can do some pretty amazing things in South Africa.
I think we should be teaching better manners to our calves before it's too late.
9:48 PM
Cows & cars & methane - don't you just love this blog. OK there are ~ 1.4 billion head of cattle in the world today. There are ~ 600 million cars/vehicles in the world today. So, if cows could drive, could they produce enough methane to power a methane car. This could open up a whole new career for cows - as chauffeurs. McDonalds becomes Avis, Burger King becomes Hertz. The movie 'Driving Miss Daisy' becomes 'Daisy driving Miss'. Instead of honking a horn they would shout 'Moo ve over'. Enough of the science - thanks for the Blog.
7:52 PM
Bovine Gas-X?
8:15 PM
I can't remember where, but in some countries they use the Bovine gas as it were to fuel power for their homes...
3:40 PM
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