No way!!!!! I'm not interested in driving a Vega:
And you can't make me!
Posted on 06/28/2005 9:25:23 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Dairies cause more smog than cars, according to the San Joaquin Valley air district.
Recent science shows milk cows produce at least 60 percent more smog-forming chemicals than previous estimates, which were based on aging studies, valley air officials say.
And that's "likely to be an underestimate," said Rick McVaigh, director of permit services for the air district, which released a draft pollution-per-cow estimate Monday.
Dairy industry representatives are outraged that the district would rely on incomplete and irrelevant science, they say.
"It's unbelievable what they've come up with," said Michael Boccadoro, spokesman for a dairy lobbying group known as Community Alliance for Responsible Environmental Stewardship. "It's a joke."
That the air district hasn't calculated exactly how many tons of pollution dairies produce didn't stop it from announcing that milk cows are once again the valley's largest source of smog-forming gases.
State regulators had moved milk cows from first to sixth place last month -- behind trucks, cars, oil and gas production, pesticides and consumer products -- when it recalculated 1930s data.
But stakeholders now have a new generation of data to haggle over. Some admire the district's chutzpah, and others criticize its estimate as inflated by foreign studies completed under circumstances far different from those at California dairies.
"It's critical they get the number right (or we'll be) chasing emissions that don't exist," said Boccadoro. "(The district) has managed to mess it up."
Last week the state air board declared emissions data from dairies incomplete, prompting it to regulate dairies by size rather than total emissions. That was prudent, he said, this was not.
But others say the district is right to be protective, and to look outside California for answers if it must.
"I think (the district's number) reflects additional research of the literature," said Bakersfield resident Bill Descary, who sat on a panel advising the district on dairy emissions. "We don't want dairies to invest in equipment that's not needed, (but) if it is needed, it's critical."
That panel, which included dairy people and environmentalists, couldn't agree on the science. The district's announcement broke their tie.
Last week's state air board action dealt with existing dairies, establishing which ones will have to upgrade their facilities to cut pollution.
The district's latest announcement mostly affects new dairies, which will likely have to change the way they handle manure and possibly cover lagoons, among other precautions, district officials say.
The only solution - STEAKS FOR EVERYONE!
Considering the other thread, I thought this might interest you both.
This is just a ploy to turn us all into Vegans by declaring cows an environmental hazard. Ban Dairy and Cattle Farms and there's no butter, cheese, or beef for us to eat.
Sounds good to me!
Hmmmmmm.....
I am assuming the article is talking about methane?
So we give the cows "Beano".
Problem solved!
:-)
There was a methane tax enacted in New Zealand. You'll never guess what the dairy farmers there started calling it!
No way!!!!! I'm not interested in driving a Vega:
And you can't make me!
If I thought I could effectively drive one more enviro-wacko crazy, I would trade in my SUV for a big, honking cow. Personally I believe large herds of rush hour cattle would make the left long for days of Explorers and 4Runners.
Yep, it sounds like PETA-inspired whacko veggie flatulence, for sure.
It's invisible smog caused by SUV-owning cows. *Bela Lugosi voice* It's there. Beware. Take care. Beware.
Interesting observation. What does LA have that cow country does not that could be causing the smog??
THAT'S IT! We must stop Hollywood leftists from spewing immediately -- Hollywood Leftists Are The Cause OF Smog!!!
Not only the silent belching as cows chew their cud, or the gaseous flatulence emitted almost continuously, as cattle wastes are flushed away to storage lagoons, the decomposition of organic mater CONTINUES to form methane.
But wait a minute. What is methane? A colorless, nearly odorless gas, that has LOWER density than most components of the air we breath, which causes it to rise, and disperse into the atmosphere, never concentrating sufficiently to become either a flash-fire hazard, or to cause any noticable physical effects on those who happen to breathe it in (your exhaled breath has small quantities of methane, as well as other exhalations from your body). In the atmosphere, in the presence of O2 (or ozone, which is O3), some amount of this free methane is oxidized into CO2 and water vapor. So methane doesn't hang around long, and is quickly processed in the biosphere.
It's probably some sort of wierd outgassing from all the silicone boobies and bleach-blonde hair.
Have ya'll herd about this? Udder nonsense that cows make more pollution than Limousines. Anjou better reply to my ping. Charolais you will.
So their political positions are caused by chemical induced brain damage.
Another of my theories substantiated by speculation.
Don't these wackos know that this stuff is self defeating and can easily be countered? Smog should have overwhelmed the world back then, bringing life to its knees with all the methane floating around!
State mandated Cowalytic Converters and requiring your cow to be smogged ever two years to renew you tags?
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