Tax cows, hogs for passing gas, burping?

MSNBC ^

[The Great RJ]

According to the EPA 11% of methane production on the planet is from termites...I suppose about 2 cents per termite would save the planet.

[tflabo]

Lyrics: Taxman...the Beatles 1966

Let me tell you how it will be There's one for you, nineteen for me 'Cause I'm the taxman Yeah, I'm the taxman

Should five percent appear too small Be thankful I don't take it all 'Cause I'm the taxman Yeah, I'm the taxman

(If you drive a car car) I'll tax the street (If you try to sit sit) I'll tax your seat (If you get too cold cold) I'll tax the heat (If you take a walk walk) I'll tax your feet

Taxman!

'Cause I'm the taxman Yeah, I'm the taxman

Don't ask me what I want it for (Ah, ah, Mr. Wilson) If you don't want to pay some more (Ah, ah, Mr. Heath) 'Cause I'm the taxman Yeah, I'm the taxman

Now my advise for those who die (Taxman!) Declare the pennies on your eyes (Taxman!)

'Cause I'm the taxman Yeah, I'm the taxman

And you're working for no one, but me (Taxman!)

[Cicero]

Farmers so far are turning their noses up at the notion, which is one of several put forward by the Environmental Protection Agency after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that greenhouse gases amount to air pollution. Livestock emit methane, a key greenhouse gas tied to global warming.

I'm wondering if someone in the EPA may have put this idea forward in order to throw ridicule on the Supreme Court decision. A case of reductio ad absurdum. You asked for it, so now we're giving it to you.

On the other hand, the envirowhackos are so extreme these days, and Obamania is so widespread, that it might just be a serious proposal. It would be sadly comic if it was put forward as a warning joke and then gets approved.