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Satellites detect California cow burps, a major methane source, from space
Reuters via MSN ^ | April 30, 2022 | By Valerie Volcovici

Posted on 04/30/2022 9:49:09 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Satellites have detected methane emissions from belching cows at a California feedlot, marking the first time emissions from livestock - a major component of agricultural methane - could be measured from space.

Environmental data firm GHGSat this month analyzed data from its satellites and pinpointed the methane source from a feedlot in the agricultural Joaquin Valley near Bakersfield, California in February.

This is significant, according to GHGSat, because agricultural methane emissions are hard to measure and accurate measurement is needed to set enforceable reduction targets for the beef-production industry.

GHGSat said the amount of methane it detected from that single feedlot would result in 5,116 tonnes of methane emissions if sustained for a year. If that methane were captured, it could power over 15,000 homes, it said.

Agriculture contributes 9.6% to U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and about 36% of methane emissions, mostly from livestock.

The Biden administration late last year announced its plan to crack down on methane emissions from the U.S. economy.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: anwr; bidenflation; california; carbontax; cop26; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; hoax; keystonexl; methane; opec; panicporn; propaganda; seaweed; socialism; taxes
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“More than 30 million buffalo filled the Great Plains”

Read More: https://www.grunge.com/327187/how-did-native-americans-of-the-plains-hunt-buffalo/?utm_campaign=clip

So ruminants filled the Great Plains for millions of years and now we are to believe they will destroy the planet. Gotta follow the science! Sarcasm.


21 posted on 04/30/2022 10:01:09 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

SMH...


22 posted on 04/30/2022 10:01:41 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: carriage_hill

https://www.gislounge.com/detecting-methane-with-satellites/


23 posted on 04/30/2022 10:01:47 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I hope somebody stockpiles some Stinger missiles to have a little surprise for the private jet globalists after their Great Reset is complete and 90% of the global population is dead.


24 posted on 04/30/2022 10:03:14 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Your bat-excrement crazy mental illness does not impose an obligation upon me to deny reality.)
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To: Fledermaus

“BS”

Literally, although, most of the cows are probably heifers.


25 posted on 04/30/2022 10:03:41 AM PDT by Fai Mao (I think we need more telephone poles!)
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To: irishjuggler

That location is a fair distance from Bakersfield.


26 posted on 04/30/2022 10:04:52 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: SpokeshaveReturns
Imagine ..if you will...

A flock of said fitted cows congregating under a tree in a rainstorm....

But wait.....

A lightening strike

Flock of cows combusted....body parts all over.

27 posted on 04/30/2022 10:05:23 AM PDT by SpokeshaveReturns (Spokeshave Returns)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hell, I’d likely burn out their sensors after a good meal of beans and chili.


28 posted on 04/30/2022 10:06:18 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is what we spend billions each year? Instead of watching for nuclear launches or asteroids colliding with Earth or alien invasions, they’re monitoring cow farts.

This is beyond Babylon Bee!


29 posted on 04/30/2022 10:08:24 AM PDT by NTHockey (My rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Prove that methane adds to heating of the planet.


30 posted on 04/30/2022 10:10:30 AM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How much methane does a forest fire add to the atmosphere


31 posted on 04/30/2022 10:11:56 AM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Every acre of sea, lake and wetlands emits as much methane as a cow.
All wild and domestic animals fart methane. All humans too.
Everywhere there is rotting vegetation, insects and bacteria emits methane.
But they choose to pick on one food animal.

32 posted on 04/30/2022 10:12:43 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

every building that is connected to municipal sewer service or septic systems has plumbing ventilation through the roof that releases methane gas into the air...


33 posted on 04/30/2022 10:13:55 AM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: bray

… Prove that methane adds to heating of the planet….

Marxists using Satellite data to TAX methane output by beef producers.


34 posted on 04/30/2022 10:14:35 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money)
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To: ridesthemiles

Well, near enough to Bakersfield for MSN’s purposes, I guess. I seriously doubt that there’s some other cattle feed lot in that area bigger than that Harris lot... I mean, come on, it’s huge... larger than 1 square mile, I believe.


35 posted on 04/30/2022 10:17:12 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: Reno89519

Nope!


36 posted on 04/30/2022 10:22:13 AM PDT by FreeperCell
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To: TexasGator

OK, but color me skeptical.


37 posted on 04/30/2022 10:25:31 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Only California cows?

Got milk?

Beef, it's what's for dinner.

because agricultural methane emissions are hard to measure and accurate measurement is needed to set enforceable reduction targets for the beef-production industry.
Someone spent a lot of money just to find a reason to destroy the beef production industry.

Crazy thought: Does space-x have satellite cargo?

38 posted on 04/30/2022 10:30:40 AM PDT by lewislynn (Is Fox News covering for Soros, Dominion, themselves with their continued silence on 2020)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I guess the Texas annual chili cook off is in serious trouble.


39 posted on 04/30/2022 10:34:04 AM PDT by Ben Mugged (He who lacks the will does not need the ability.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Like these people gave a rat’s a$$ when they heard these same satilites could pick up their bony bodys heat signature. Big deal.


40 posted on 04/30/2022 10:34:31 AM PDT by Jumper ( )
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