The latest from envirowacko nitwits ...
Posted on 07/04/2008 8:34:48 AM PDT by Zakeet
It all boils down to one simple question: will cows be taxed for burping and farting?
The complex debate about the introduction of an emissions trading scheme to tackle climate change is causing panic among farmers.
The release of the Garnaut report yesterday only served to increase their fears. Ross Garnaut's report acknowledges the initial difficulties of measuring gas emissions on Australia's 155,000 farms, but says a broad-based scheme should include agriculture at some stage.
The only question now is whether it will be included in the initial 2010 version of the scheme or introduced at a later date.
Every major farming organisation, including the National Farmers Federation, the Australian Farm Institute, NSW Farmers and Agforce in Queensland, has expressed alarm over the threat an ETS poses to the $100 billion sector. Even if it is excluded, groups warn the costs of production will increase sharply, thereby driving up the price of food.
Australia is likely to become the only country in the world other than New Zealand to impose an ETS on agriculture.
Government modelling in NZ shows farm profitability plummeting to zero.
Under calculation methods imposed on Australia by the Kyoto Protocol, a fully grown cow is deemed to emit the equivalent of two tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. With 30million cattle in Australia, that makes cows a major emitter.
Agriculture has been determined by the Department of Climate Change to be responsible for 15.6 per cent of all greenhouse emissions - 90.1 million tonnes a year. Of that, 59.3 million tonnes are estimated to arise from the digestive processes of sheep and cattle.
(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...
The latest from envirowacko nitwits ...
Cows!!!! The SUVs of animal life! Ya gotta love it!!!
These gunless twits make astrology look good.
GLOBAL WIND-ING!!!
Are the major schemes created by global politicians to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, ostensibly to combat global warming, effective?
The answer is no, because they aren’t about addressing global warming.
They’re about making more money for governments
Oh it’s a “scheme” all right!
Atlas Puked...
If oil hits $300 the cattle won’t be a problem.
I haven’t heard anything about the global threat to the ozone layer in a while. Did we finally slay that monster? If so, it died a quiet death.
I propose a tax on brain dead vegans.
This is sheer absolute idiocy. Carbon is the basis of all life as we know it. Attempting to eliminate carbon emissions is manipulation of the natural progression of evolution.
But it is all about money and control, not environmental protection
WOW
This just proves mankind is not the cause of global warming. It’s those damn cows fault! Do I have to give up steaks? Maybe Gore will sell me some fart credits.
Cow fart ping! BTTT!!
By the way, I guess those cowboys and frontiersmen who indiscriminately slaughtered millions of bison were doing the earth a favor. Can you imagine the sheer volume of bovine farts coming from a bison herd? Oh, the huge manatee...
I was just thinking of the millions of buffalo that used to roam the plains. I guess they did not have gas. Hahaha.
It’s really incredible to watch entire societies attempt to destroy themselves via this insane “Climate Change” fiasco.
Well, when they are knee deep in snow from the (now starting) latest Maunder Minimum, maybe global warming will be dismissed as the BS it is....
Sure, Sure. What’s next? Blame it on the dog? :-)
Grandma is always a good suspect.
lol
Just how long have cows been burping and farting, and now all of a sudden it becomes a problem? It’s not like cows just got gassy 30 years ago. Yeah that’s the ticket, drive the ranchers out of business by taxing them additionally to ensure a loss while the developing countries are competing for more and more protein. And hey, while we’re at it lets destroy another primary feedstock source by subsidizing corn based ethanol production.
Ducks!
Google “Lord Windismere” for a little holiday enjoyment.
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