So sue me..
Posted on 01/21/2008 10:06:19 AM PST by NormsRevenge
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A Swedish university has received 3.8 million kronor ($590,000) in research funds to measure the greenhouse gases released when cows belch.
About 20 cows will participate in the project run by the Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, about 40 miles north of Stockholm, officials said Monday.
Cattle release methane, a greenhouse gas believed to contribute to global warming, when they digest their food. Researchers believe the level of methane released depends on the type of food the eat.
Project leader Jan Bertilsson said that the cows involved in the study will have different diets and wear a collar device measuring the methane level in the air around them.
"This type of research is already being conducted in Canada so we will be in contact with Canadian agricultural researchers in the near future," he said.
The research will be funded by a grant from the government's Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning.
something about Scandanavia.. first the mooses, now the cows
Norway’s Moose Population in Trouble for Belching ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1884660/posts
Posted by NormsRevenge
On General/Chat ^ 08/21/2007 9:42:59 PM PDT · 16 replies · 373+ views
Spiegel ^ | 8/21/07
The poor old Scandinavian moose is now being blamed for climate change, with researchers in Norway claiming that a grown moose can produce 2,100 kilos of methane a year — equivalent to the CO2 output resulting from a 13,000 kilometer car journey. Norway is concerned that its national animal, the moose, is harming the climate by emitting an estimated 2,100 kilos of carbon dioxide a year through its belching and farting. Norwegian newspapers, citing research from Norway’s technical university, said a motorist would have to drive 13,000 kilometers in a car to emit as much CO2 as a moose does...
Norway proposes ‘methane credits’ to save belching moose ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885500/posts
Posted by chordmaster
On News/Activism ^ 08/23/2007 10:57:05 AM PDT · 69 replies · 1,090+ views
The Daily Redundancy ^
OSLO, NORWAY (TDR)- The Norwegian Environmental Ministry has proposed to initiate ‘methane credits’ to offset emissions from moose, the official national animal. A recent study revealed that a grown moose will emit 2100 kilos of carbon dioxide and 100 kilos of methane annually. Given that methane has 20 times the greenhouse effect as carbon dioxide, both gasses have an equally harmful effect on the environment...
Why is Sweden doing a study on Hillary Clinton, Maureen O’Dowd, Helen Thomas, Oprah Winfrey, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Susan Sarandon, Cindy Sheehan, Cyntia McKinney, Ellen Degeneres, the women on “The View”, etc., etc.,etc.
Feel free to add your own choices, there are so many.
To all earmarking fetish congressmen. But a copy of the Swedish study when it is printed. Do authorize one of our own. Probably can get one over the web from the Swedish government for $100.00...
I think there’s a topic about a farting and/or belching cow study, but wouldn’t swear to it.
Mainly, I think the data will show shades of graze.
I think there’s a topic about a farting and/or belching cow study, but wouldn’t swear to it.
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UC Davis has done some work in that area.. they had a bovine bubble experiment thingy a couple years back or more ,, and yup, there have been other threads on this or similar subjects.
I guernsey clearly now that others have found humor in this. :’)
Another source of global warming.
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So the summary fo this thread is that Sweden has...
1) hot chicks
2) nothing else to do to give to the world.
That’s a good un.
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