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EU quota likely for flatulent cows
BBC via Fark ^

Posted on 06/03/2002 1:38:27 PM PDT by damnlimey

EU quota likely for flatulent cows

Belching cows are contributing to greenhouse effect
Gas emissions from flatulent cows could soon be restricted by a EU quota system as penal as that imposed on milk production, an agricultural expert has predicted.

Environmental scientist Professor Frank Convery claims cows breaking wind and belching account for 35% of Ireland's green-house gas emissions. These have been linked to global climate change.

"When you have an agricultural economy - we have over eight million cows in the Republic of Ireland - you end up producing a lot of greenhouse gas. It's similar in Northern Ireland," he said.

At present the limit in the Republic of Ireland for the production of carbon gases is 64.5m tonnes. Current emissions are exceeding this limit amid growing concern that the levels would increase further due to the growth of the Irish economy with more vehicles on the road.

Professor Convery told a conference in Dublin he believes the short-term solution to the problem could be a EU penalty similar to the that imposed on farmers who exceed limits on milk production.

Other possible solutions include imposing dietary changes on cows and forcing them to feed indoors.

There are difficulties with this option, however, according to the professor. "We pride ourselves on grass fed cattle, grazing in the open air, full of natural goodness," he said.

In the longer term, the solution could be the creation of a global market for "carbon trading", said Professor Convery, who is working at University College Dublin's Environmental Instittue.

This is expected to be formed within 10 years and would enable countries to regulate the levels of emissions, the Agmet conference on the effects of agriculture on the climate was told.



We pride ourselves on grass fed cattle, grazing in the open air, full of natural goodness

Professor Frank Convery
Under "carbon trading" farmers could gain credit by investing in afforestation or measures to recover the methane gas emitted by cows.

Those wishing to get out of farming could sell the resulting reduction in greenhouse gas production.

Flatulence and belching by cows derive from a process known as enteric fermentation which leads to a build up of methane gas in the guts of these animals, pressure which is relieved by emission.

Professor Convery says other animals can also contribute to the accumulation of greenhouse gases but, due to their size and appetites, cattle are the main offenders.


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1 posted on 06/03/2002 1:38:28 PM PDT by damnlimey
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To: damnlimey
This might give the democrats the idea to tax our farts too.
2 posted on 06/03/2002 1:42:42 PM PDT by Texaggie79
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To: damnlimey
Three words:

EAT MORE BEEF.

4 posted on 06/03/2002 2:04:13 PM PDT by Terriergal
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To: damnlimey
Professor Convery says other animals can also contribute to the accumulation of greenhouse gases

Like the Clintons, Dick Gephardt, Tom Daschle, Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, and Peter Jennings (among way too many others)?

5 posted on 06/03/2002 2:07:09 PM PDT by Terriergal
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To: damnlimey;Howlin
OMG ... is this for real????

Hey Howlin .. check it one out

6 posted on 06/03/2002 3:42:56 PM PDT by Mo1
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To: damnlimey
Flatulent cow = Hillary Clinton
7 posted on 06/03/2002 3:52:15 PM PDT by Texaggie79
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To: Mo1
It's as real as anything the EU come up with,
once again fact is stranger than fiction.
8 posted on 06/03/2002 3:54:20 PM PDT by damnlimey
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To: Texaggie79
Haven't seen you posting over at Fark ,did you get banned again?
There's been several political flame wars of epic proportions in the past couple of days.
9 posted on 06/03/2002 3:56:47 PM PDT by damnlimey
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To: Texaggie79
Never mind.I see you're up to version 3.0 now.
10 posted on 06/03/2002 4:02:29 PM PDT by damnlimey
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To: damnlimey
Yup. Been banned the lst 2 days. I'm up to account Texaggie79_3 and have Texaggie79_4 in the garage, so as to prevent me from having to wait a day to resume posting.......

It ticks me off because, you don't know when you are banned. To you, it looks like you are still posting. I eventually figure it out when people don't respond to me.

I was really kicking @$$ on one political thread on Sat. and I thought they were ignoring me because I was destroying their socialist views. Then I logged in as someone else and all my posts weren't there >:-(

11 posted on 06/03/2002 4:03:53 PM PDT by Texaggie79
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To: damnlimey
Just a brief serious note:

Actually, the earth's mass, and thus its gravity, is just small enough that methane gas (CH4=atomic weight 16) escapes into space, while it is just large enough to retain water vapor (H2O2=18).

This is just one of well over 100 (and counting) evidences recently discovered for human-friendly design (thus by a Designer) at the earth/solar/galactic/extragalactic levels.

12 posted on 06/03/2002 4:42:19 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
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To: Hebrews 11:6
Could you post a link to this information I'd be very interested in reading more about this.
Thanks
13 posted on 06/03/2002 5:14:09 PM PDT by damnlimey
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To: damnlimey
Couldn't methane be harvested and used as a fuel? They might be able to modify those milking machines. Just a suggestion.
14 posted on 06/03/2002 8:37:11 PM PDT by Savage Beast
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To: Savage Beast
Couldn't methane be harvested and used as a fuel? They might be able to modify those milking machines. Just a suggestion.

I do beleive it is being tried in Calif, maybe ever here in Humboldt County.

15 posted on 06/03/2002 9:13:43 PM PDT by tubebender
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To: tubebender
If it works on bovines, maybe it'll work on other species as well.

Has anyone thought of trying it on humans?

16 posted on 06/03/2002 9:20:51 PM PDT by Savage Beast
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To: damnlimey
I dunno. Something stinks about this one...
17 posted on 06/04/2002 4:50:17 AM PDT by camle
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To: damnlimey
Certainly. Go to reasons.org. Reasons to Believe's Dr. Hugh Ross has reported frequently over the years as this list has grown to now well over 100.

Carl Sagan, the now-dead famous astronomer, posited just two of these factors, which permitted him to conclude that extraterrestrial life must be abundant. However, the current scientific understanding, that these factors make even one habitable planet anywhere in the entire universe overwhelmingly improbable, demonstrate that our existence can only be miraculous. As Dr. Sagan has finally, if belatedly, discovered.

18 posted on 06/04/2002 3:55:41 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
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To: Savage Beast
"Couldn't methane be harvested and used as a fuel?"

It is being "mined". Southwest of Trinidad, Colorado, near a large forest fire that was threatening them, are a number of methane wells. These are in coal mining country (another, larger source than cows??) and what the end use for the methane is, I do not know.

19 posted on 06/05/2002 7:58:30 AM PDT by Dust in the Wind
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