EPA Spent $700,000 to Reduce Pig Flatulence in Thailand

Frontpage Mag ^ | 12/03/2014 | Daniel Greenfield

[SeekAndFind]

If we could reclassify the EPA as pig flatulence, we could get the EPA to fund its own elimination.

A report released by Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake found numerous examples of EPA mismanagement and excess, including employees illegitimately spending $15 million on agency credit cards and $9 million the agency lost track of funding projects in California.

Happens to everyone. One time I lost track of $12 million in Arizona and couldn’t find it for a week.

$1,500,000 annually to store out-of-date and unwanted publications at an Ohio warehouse” and another “$700,000 to attempt to reduce methane emitted from pig flatulence in Thailand.”

They attempted to do it. If you’re going to spend $700K on pig flatulence, then can’t you at least succeed at whatever you were trying to do?

 

[ClearCase_guy]

Thailand?

[MeshugeMikey]

The next Democrack Conventions going to be Held In Thailand?

[MrB]

Well, were they actually successful?

[AU72]

Question is how do they measure the reduction?

[Dr. Thorne]

They cold have gotten the same effect by corking Barney Frank.

[Billthedrill]

If you’re going to spend $700K on pig flatulence, then can’t you at least succeed at whatever you were trying to do?

Think of how much Hillary gets for making speeches.

[dontBSme]

U.S.A. could save trillions by feeding EPA to the pigs.

[crusty old prospector]

And why does no one in Congress stand up to eliminate this fraud? Every year, it is the same thing and nothing seems to change.

[RC one]

budget justification at its worst.

[Red Badger]

Thai farmers must be laughing themselves silly..........in Bali...............

[Marko413]

Haven’t they done similar things in the US with cows?

[FlingWingFlyer]

I wonder how much it would cost to reduce Obama regime flatulence in the U.S.

[Slings and Arrows]

I think the experiment...failed.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Thai farmers must be laughing themselves silly..........in Bali...............

Why go to Bali when they have Phuket?

[Red Badger]

Wasn’t that place destroyed in the Tsunami?................

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Wasn’t that place destroyed in the Tsunami?................

It has recovered nicely since.

[Slyfox]

$700,000 for a pig "wind" study.

Let's see - the hotel room costs what? maybe a couple a thousand, including food and the maid service.

Then there are the travel expenses which would be what? maybe a couple of thousand, including cab fare.

Then material goods - laptop, pens and paper - maybe a little under a thousand.

So, we are up to what? maybe 5 to 8 thousand bucks. Double that if a few more people are helping out with the study.

That leaves $650,000 left to pocket.

Not bad.

[Doogle]

"...till the news gets out about the $250,000 plastic owl they mounted on the White Hut as a deterrent"

[Brandonmark]