Enviro Something Not About the Iowa Caucuses
posted by January 4 at 12:38 PM
onScientists to Make Cows Fart Like Kangaroos to Cool the Planet
Cow farts are a source of greenhouse gases, while kangaroo farts are methane free thanks to a particular bacteria in their stomachs. Now, in a bizarre twist of science-reality, scientists from Australia are trying to neutralize cow-produced methane by transferring that kangaroo bacteria to cattle and sheep’s guts.
Via BoingBoing.
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I want some of that shit.
Blame global warming on cows. Gheeezuz can humans get any dumber.
Cows and pigs are a huge source of greenhouse gases, comparable to automobiles, I'm pretty sure.
I want a pet kangaroo!!!!
ha. I was surprised when this turned out to be the true "fool the listener" story on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me a couple weeks ago.
What about human farts? There's more of us than cows and pigs.
I love it! This is how to respond to global warming. More bio-engineering, more geo-engineering, more technology, and more consumption. None of this ascetic use less, be local, small footprint crap the eco-hippies are pushing.
Australia, unlike the US, is dead serious about reducing emissions. Why can't you do both, David? They are attacking on all fronts, because they are already suffering terrible effects.
Sorry, I'm more worried about the FDA decision today to legalize unregulated cloning of cows for our milk supply.
Talk about incompetence - these Red Bushies have it in spades!
umm... cow fart methane production actually is by far one of the hugest sources of greenhouse gas emmission, and as everyone knows it's destroying australia first. It's all about mcdonald's... Go read fast food nation.
We should just eat more kangaroos than cows.
The cows that fart methane are feedlot cows, where they're forced to ingest grain and meds they can't digest properly. The culprit isn't the poor cow, it's Big Ag.
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