Posted on 01/03/2021 11:30:19 AM PST by PROCON
According to Wired, a new bovine burp mask fitted with a catalytic converter catches methane expelled from cattle and converts it to CO2 and water. Methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2.
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There are 1.6 billion cattle on Earth, and their burps and farts are becoming a big problem. Cows expel methane, a colourless and odourless gas which is approximately 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide when it comes to warming the planet.
Zelp, a UK-based company, has developed a potential solution in the form of a burp-catching face mask for cows, designed to reduce methane emissions from cattle by 60 per cent. The firm was founded by brothers Francisco and Patricio Norris, whose family run a livestock farming business in Argentina. “We were aware that in every country, methane is one of the biggest contributions to global warming and we found that methane mitigation tools in agriculture are under-researched,” says Francisco. “There isn’t a lot of innovation occurring within the field.”
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Coming soon to sheeple, too.
Wearing it on wrong end
Cruel.
Methane-spewing undersea volcanoes? We’re gonna need a bigger mask.
I used to think catching fairies with butterfly nets was just for children.
I thought the methane came out the other end.
The cause might be false but, this is a solution born of Capitalism and technology born of Capitalism.
The consumer gets to pay for the masks....lol.
Since we get all conditioned for covid masks these can be fitted for humans too.
Sheeple will follow.
Hurray! S/
The UK is an insane island.
Making animals miserable with pointless human contraptions, all for the sake of the agw hoax.
Before there were cattle brought by humans there were natural herds of bison, antelope, buffalo, elk, etc. All of them burped, as well.
I hate to be the harbinger of bad news but the methane comes out the other end.
I am reminded of the man who said he had a cow that could talk. He walked up to his cow and said...”Would you like some grain?” The cow lifted her tail and said...”afew”
Somebody will come up with a trailer that the cow pulls and that burns Bossy’s poop and using the methane from the back end too.
I can keep one or two cows in my garage.
In a desperate bid for meaning in a meaningless universe nihilists stumble upon their stupidity and declare it useful.
It's already happened.
Soon, when the pandemic dies out the new mask-requiring 'emergency' will be climate-change.
If A Fart Can Make It Through Pants, How Can A Mask Protect You From A Virus?
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fart-pants-mask-protect-virus-050056776.html
I am really glad I am old...
It does come out of there too...and from the decomposition of organic matter from that end... not to mention from piles of decaying seaweed on beaches around the world, whale, seal, and fish crap in the oceans, and from leaves in forests around the world...and from municipal dumps, and from bloviating college ptofessors.
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