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MEAT AND THE PLANET:Livestock are responsible for about 18 percent of the global warming effect
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| December 28, 2006
Posted on 12/28/2006 12:26:53 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
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To: InvisibleChurch
The Sun is responsible for 100% of global warming.
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posted on
12/28/2006 1:55:50 PM PST
by
3niner
(War is one game where the home team always loses.)
To: CDHart
"I believe plants give off oxygen."
Depends. During the day when the plant if in the photosynthetic mode, it takes in CO2 and exhales Oxygen. At night the process reverses and the plants respirate.
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posted on
12/28/2006 1:56:51 PM PST
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: All
US EPA Methane Sources and Emissions(I was going to post the table on this page but I can't do it.)
Looks like the U.S. is steadily reducing methane emissions. Apparently wetlands are responsible for 76% of all naturally produced methane. Sorry, duck hunters, for the good of the chirren we gotta dredge and drain.
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posted on
12/28/2006 1:59:11 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Ego chatters endlessly on. Mind speaks in great silence.)
To: Old Professer
Alrighty then. No bizarre pics for you!
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posted on
12/28/2006 2:00:49 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Ego chatters endlessly on. Mind speaks in great silence.)
To: InvisibleChurch
Good thing we wiped out all the buffalo on the great plains. Imagine the warming carnage that would have ensued without our intervention.
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posted on
12/28/2006 2:02:53 PM PST
by
Rippin
To: Mr. Lucky
I'll take your (and Old Professor's) word for it.
To get back to the point of it; is there more domestic livestock than there used to be herds of wild ruminants? Do wild ruminants belch less?
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posted on
12/28/2006 2:04:18 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Ego chatters endlessly on. Mind speaks in great silence.)
To: TigersEye
The volume, frequency and duration of burps is determined by the feedstock and the size of the stock feeding.
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posted on
12/28/2006 2:08:39 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Jimmy Valentine
No plant can grow unless it is a net consumer of CO2. Plants use Solar energy (through photosynthesis) to crack CO2. They incorporate the carbon into the plant material, and release most of the O2.
Animals get carbon, for growth, by eating plants (or things that eat plants). They also get energy by burning most of the hydrocarbons that they eat.
In other words, both plants and animals grow by taking in carbon (and many other elements). Plants use Solar energy to run the endothermic reaction when they break CO2 into C and O2. Animals run on chemical energy, combining C with O2, which is an exothermic reaction.
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posted on
12/28/2006 2:10:36 PM PST
by
3niner
(War is one game where the home team always loses.)
To: 3niner
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posted on
12/28/2006 2:12:12 PM PST
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: InvisibleChurch
Maybe we could put Beano in their feed.
To: TigersEye
Plants consume CO2 and give off O2. Animals consume O2 and give off CO2. OOPS ... you're right ... and I should have and actually did know better. I guess I should have had that first cup of coffee before posting.
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posted on
12/28/2006 2:17:44 PM PST
by
clamper1797
(Kerry does support the troops ... just not ours)
To: TigersEye
I dunno, it would seem to me that the expression phrase "buffalo breath" must have some basis in fact.
In any event, because these animals are ruminants, they are able to digest plants which humans cannot.
To: InvisibleChurch
I can see the headline: "UN demands global vegetarianism."
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posted on
12/28/2006 2:52:10 PM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: RightResponse
Vegans smell funny without farting... They are still kinda hot.
94
posted on
12/28/2006 2:58:49 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(South Park Liberal)
To: InvisibleChurch
Flash News Item:
Livestock are responsible for about 18 percent of the global warming effect...
"Cows are all t'way up at 18 percent!?? Well dadgum, Slim, ah'm goin' to do sumptin' bout that!"
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posted on
12/28/2006 3:15:32 PM PST
by
Gritty
(Thank you, Al Gore, for being our Noah! - Oprah Winfrey)
To: Oztrich Boy
Bullseye! That's exactly what I think of, whenever I see/hear the term "vegan", too. :-)
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posted on
12/28/2006 3:20:33 PM PST
by
3niner
(War is one game where the home team always loses.)
To: InvisibleChurch; cogitator; DaveLoneRanger
British researchers have apparently come up with a cattle feed that lowers bovine methane emissions by about 80 percent. Now, pass the A-1 sauce, please...
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posted on
12/28/2006 4:20:39 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(“Don’t overestimate the decency of the human race.” —H. L. Mencken)
To: Shermy
Break out the smoker and place bacon on top to prevent drying.
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posted on
12/28/2006 4:30:12 PM PST
by
MaxMax
(God Bless America)
To: clamper1797
I guess I should have had that first cup of coffee before posting.Wellll, OK. I just hope you can account for how much methane was released in order to provide you that cup of coffee. /s
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posted on
12/28/2006 6:04:11 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Ego chatters endlessly on. Mind speaks in great silence.)
To: Mr. Lucky
In any event, because these animals are ruminants, they are able to digest plants which humans cannot.Which is one of the main reasons (though far from the only one) I will continue to BBQ beef or buffalo for dinner and go lightly on the prairie grass.
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posted on
12/28/2006 6:07:41 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Ego chatters endlessly on. Mind speaks in great silence.)
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