Gassy cows are bad for the planet; could seaweed diet help?

AP ^ | 9/30/2018 | PATRICK WHITTLE

[McGruff]

The smelly reality is that cows will always pass gas. But if farmers had more access to seaweed, cow flatulence might just stink a little less for the planet.

That’s the thesis of a New England-based aquaculture company which is launching a drive to become the worldwide leader in an emerging effort to thwart climate change by feeding seaweed to cows.

The concept of reducing livestock emissions by using seaweed as feed is the subject of ongoing scientific research, and early results are promising. University of California researchers have found that cows that eat seaweed appear to emit less methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, when they belch and pass gas.

[MisterArtery]

I always heard that an Army mule was the farting standard.

[Jonty30]

You could always adopt another kid. :)

[dila813]

Australia has a solution to all the world’s problems, EAT’EM!

[Sgt_Schultze]

You first

[ZULU]

Good suggestion

[Deplorable American1776]

Gobbels picture????

[PLMerite]

[Gassy cows are bad for the planet; could seaweed diet help?]

Might be hard to pull off.

[Parmy]

I don’t think that the cows would be ‘contented’ with a bag hanging off their a@@s.

[vette6387]

“I recommend we do something about the “hot air” coming out of Marxist RATs mouths and MSM be stopped to save the planet.”

I recommend a red hot poker up there arses! Give them something “important” to talk about.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

We used to have billions of buffolo running around belching and farting all over the place.

Not to mention things like aurochs, wisents and banteng.

Yet that had no impact on the climate.

In fact the planet was freezing when they were running around.

[yoe]