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India's Answer to Global Warming: Cows That Belch Less
New York Times ^ | May 3, 2016 | By ELLEN BARRY

Posted on 05/03/2016 4:11:43 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Let no one say that India isn't doing its bit to fight global climate change: Government scientists are working hard to reduce carbon emissions by making cows less gassy.

Consider the numbers: India is home to more than 280 million cows, and 200 million more ruminant animals like sheep, goats, yaks and buffalo.

Scientists at the Cow Research Institute in Mathura, around 100 miles south of New Delhi, are tinkering with cattle feed, seeking a formula that will create less gas for the cows to belch out.

But a team of researchers in the southern state of Kerala is working on a long-term answer.

E.M. Muhammed, a breeding expert, has been experimenting with an indigenous strain of miniature cattle that produce less milk than typical crossbred cows but are much better able to stand very hot weather. An unexpected surprise along the way, he said, was that these dwarf animals, which are about one-quarter the weight of crossbred cows, produce only one-seventh as much manure and one-tenth as much methane.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climategate; cows; hoax; socialism

1 posted on 05/03/2016 4:11:43 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If anything shows the blatant, in your face stupidity of the faux global warming agenda, this is it.


2 posted on 05/03/2016 4:15:57 AM PDT by bill1952 (taxes don't hurt the rich, they keep YOU from becoming rich.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Holy cow! A big pile of glo-bull warming BS.


3 posted on 05/03/2016 4:31:10 AM PDT by indcons (Lurker mode mostly)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
can't argue with the below. When in doubt, put a Muslim to the task of barnyard breeding experiments:

E. M. Muhammed, a breeding expert, has been experimenting with an indigenous strain of miniature cattle that produce less milk than typical crossbred cows

On a more serious note, this is good - ...but are much better able to stand very hot weather.
4 posted on 05/03/2016 4:36:08 AM PDT by indcons (Lurker mode mostly)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Have they considered extinguishing those nasty incense sticks?


5 posted on 05/03/2016 4:42:54 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Once upon a time, there where millions and millions of Bison that roamed the American Plains.
And considering that Bison are almost twice the size of cattle, how come they didn't effect the climate with their gasses?
6 posted on 05/03/2016 4:42:58 AM PDT by Falcon4.0
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To: bill1952

Are they sure the cows are belching? Since India worships the cow, maybe it is speaking a holy bovine scripture?


7 posted on 05/03/2016 4:44:12 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Falcon4.0

And the number of cattle now is less than half the number of American bison.


8 posted on 05/03/2016 4:47:01 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Government scientists are working hard to reduce carbon emissions by making cows less gassy.

Let's start a new movement for liberals - DON'T EXHALE - Save the planet.

9 posted on 05/03/2016 4:49:52 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
India's Answer to Global Warming: Cows That Belch Less...start eating them.....
10 posted on 05/03/2016 5:18:46 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Why is John McCain no longer referred to as "THE MAVERICK"?)
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To: moovova

Certainly you know that the incense is required to cover and mask the horrific body odors of the unwashed teeming masses during religious gatherings.

I should know, I was born Episcopalian - they do it too!


11 posted on 05/03/2016 5:20:11 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Have any of these morons ever taken a look at a photo of the Earth from space? See all the cows?


12 posted on 05/03/2016 5:45:09 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: bill1952

I wonder if camel urine has been tried on the cattle!


13 posted on 05/03/2016 5:47:21 AM PDT by SIRTRIS
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I suggest they address first not dumping raw sewage and dead bodies into the Ganges.


14 posted on 05/03/2016 5:50:19 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: indcons

Honestly, if we really needed to reduce atmospheric CO2, there are lots of ways to do this. It’s already been shown that we can biologically engineer microbes to utilize CO2, and clearly there are a ton of different ways this could be approached and scaled to a level at which it could at the least take care of a sizable percentage of what we produce annually. Most simply, we could plant more trees.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-engineer-bacteria-to-make-fuel-from-co2/

A significant question IMHO is, if we could ‘dial down’ CO2 levels at will, would that be advisable? Do we really know enough about climate determinants that we would take the risk of messing with the levels of an atmospheric gas that we contribute only a very small amount to? Do all those with recurrent NSA funding feel so confident about their computerized climate models that they would bank the future of the planet and their own children based on their results? I certainly wouldn’t. Research is good. Politicized research, with suppression of studies that don’t fit a biased hypothesis is not good.


15 posted on 05/03/2016 6:14:30 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I wish I knew how to stop passing gas....and everyone else too!


16 posted on 05/03/2016 6:25:39 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (Home of the Free Because of the Brave)
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