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Cow fart bill passes California Legislature
Cal Coast News.com ^ | September 7, 2016 | Staff

Posted on 09/13/2016 8:25:08 PM PDT by concentric circles

California legislators have approved a bill targeting cow flatulence and manure, which lawmakers blame for releasing greenhouse gases. The legislation aims to reduce methane emissions related to manure to 40 percent below 2013 levels by 2030.

Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) authored the bill, which passed shortly before the end of the legislative session. Lara agreed to a compromise that will give dairy farms more time to comply with the new regulations.

Critics have expressed concerns the new regulations will result in an increase in the price of milk from California cows. Proponents of the bill say methane emissions have a huge influence on the climate.

The legislation also calls for efforts that would significantly increase composting in order to eliminate the amount of food waste in landfills. Food waste releases methane when it breaks down.


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: airquality; cows; farts; globalwarming; methane
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What can we do to improve the economy in our state? Destroy dairy farming and ranching, yeah, that's the ticket!
1 posted on 09/13/2016 8:25:08 PM PDT by concentric circles
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To: concentric circles

Bullsh!t!


2 posted on 09/13/2016 8:26:41 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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To: concentric circles

Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb


3 posted on 09/13/2016 8:27:53 PM PDT by Mjreagan
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To: concentric circles

Welcome to my state.

Bleh.


4 posted on 09/13/2016 8:29:22 PM PDT by Nachum (ISIS is alive... and Chris Stevens is dead)
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To: concentric circles

So....now this is weird....apparently dumping garbage into composting doesn’t release methane gasses, but dumping garbage into the dump does. I’ll have to try to think like a Democrat to figure that one out.


5 posted on 09/13/2016 8:29:38 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (America IS sick, and tired of the Clintons. It's time to say goodbye.)
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To: concentric circles
COW/A/FART/NIA ping!
6 posted on 09/13/2016 8:29:58 PM PDT by lightman (I'm nobody special...just a follower of the siren call of the Ison.)
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To: concentric circles

Some smart guy out there needs to invent a device you can stick up a cows butt and deposit in a politicians mouth.


7 posted on 09/13/2016 8:30:14 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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“The legislation also calls for efforts that would significantly increase composting in order to eliminate the amount of food waste in landfills. Food waste releases methane when it breaks down.”

Real brain surgeons here. Wouldn’t the methane be the same whether it decomposes in my compost pile or the landfills?


8 posted on 09/13/2016 8:31:12 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Hillary Clinton AKA The Potemkin Princess of the Potomac)
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This state will be bankrupt before you know it.


9 posted on 09/13/2016 8:33:33 PM PDT by Revel
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Oh thank goodness, the Erf is saved!

Cow fart storage unit

10 posted on 09/13/2016 8:35:49 PM PDT by PROCON ("Lock Her Up! Lock Her Up!")
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Retards in space government. Although they should be spaced--out of the nearest airlock...
11 posted on 09/13/2016 8:37:06 PM PDT by W. (Trump's here to kick ass or chew bubblegum, and he's all out of gum!)
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They are going to make cows wear fart sacks on their butts....


12 posted on 09/13/2016 8:37:23 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: concentric circles

A fitting bill to go with the bull**** the CA legislature usually passes.


13 posted on 09/13/2016 8:38:30 PM PDT by txrefugee
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“Wouldn’t the methane be the same whether it decomposes in my compost pile or the landfills?”

No the landfill methane is sequestered and can be used to power a gas turbine generator but the compost methane is free to move about the atmosphere.


14 posted on 09/13/2016 8:39:33 PM PDT by nicepaco
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To: concentric circles

The politicians are finally addressing something that they have expert knowledge about. Flatulence.


15 posted on 09/13/2016 8:41:29 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Make Our Government and Founding Documents Great Again!)
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Compost may be aerobic, landfill may be anaerobic.

That could make the difference.


16 posted on 09/13/2016 8:43:16 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (As always, /s is implicitly assumed. Unless explicitly labled /not s. Saves keystrokes.)
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Put a dome over the State Capitol and vacuum up all the “flattulence” that emanates from it. There’s so much gas being passed there, If you lit a match when they are in session, the damned place would blow up!


17 posted on 09/13/2016 8:46:15 PM PDT by vette6387
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You can see by the location that Bell Gardens, pop 50K in an area of 2.5 square miles is where all the "Agriculture experts" live. This is just more city morons being allowed to screw up the Ag sector.


18 posted on 09/13/2016 8:47:17 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( "Stop smiling and smirking like it's a funny thing !")
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To: PROCON

Just what we need—jihadist cows.


19 posted on 09/13/2016 8:50:56 PM PDT by mumblypeg (Forget Burning Man. Go to Man Hung On A Cross. (h/t to: HighTech Redneck))
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To: concentric circles

um...they do know that landfill methane can be captured and turned into energy ?


20 posted on 09/13/2016 8:54:00 PM PDT by stylin19a
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