Scientists Tackle New Global Warming Threat July 9, 2007
Posted by Michael in Humor, Science.trackback
The big new threat is cow burps.
You heard me — cow burps.
Such emissions have joined the list of deadly threats to Planet Earth. It turns out that these bovine menaces have an intolerable carbon footprint.
Here’s some belching behemoths caught in the act of expelling methane to the detriment of life on Earth. Note the recoil effect when they really rip a big one:
But never fear, Big Science is on the job.
LONDON (Reuters) -Manners aside, getting cows to burp less can help reduce global warming.
Using modern plant-breeding methods to find new diets for cows that make them belch less is a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said on Monday.
The key is developing new varieties of food that are easier for cattle to digest and also provide a proper balance of fiber, protein and sugar, said Michael Abberton, a scientist at the UK-based Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research.
This could open up plant-based solutions as alternatives to reducing stock as farmers look for ways to cut methane emissions amid warming climates, he told a briefing on farming and climate change at London’s Science Media Centre.
Good grief, just damn near anybody looking for a research grant is jumping on the Global Warming Scaremongers Bandwagon these days.
What about cow farts?
I know you are wondering. I sure am.
Turns out that cow farts are not really a big issue.
He noted the average dairy cow belches out about 100 to 200 liters of methane each day, making diet changes a key potential factor in reducing this greenhouse gas.
“There is a common misperception about how methane gets into the atmosphere,” he said. “It is actually through belching rather than the other end.”
I’m wondering exactly what sort of instruments were used to measure that, and how they were installed on the appropriate bovine orifice.
No matter. The bottom line is that we must soldier on to save our planet from Global Warming, whatever it takes. I guess this means that you and I should also attempt to control our own beer-and-pizza-induced methane emissions.
UPDATE 5/10/08: Interesting discussion of methane (cow farts in particular) and other greenhouse gases at Saving Gaia With Bovine Tailpipe intervention.
Bart.
I just read/heard about RFK Jr’s outrageous remarks.
Coulter was criticized for calling traitors and subversives treasonous.
Kennedy will be embraced. We’re not even allowed to be [i]skeptical[/i]. I’m beyond pissed off.
Looks like we’ll just have to eat them, I guess.
BBQ at Casa de Wiser!
Somebody get PETA on the phone. They can bring the salad.
I hear that scientists went back and forth over which end represented the greater danger. First it was the mouth, then it wasn’t. Finally they hedged their bets, saying it was most likely to be the front end, but the hind end couldn’t be ruled out.
In Global Warming circles, this stance is know as the “Belchin’ Waffles.”
Many of you will remember this picture of Mrs. Geezer having a burping contest with a cow.
geoff, all that for Belchin’ Waffles.
Wow. I admire your commitment to your craft.
Bravo Geoff!
(burrrp)
Many of you will remember this picture of Mrs. Geezer having a burping contest with a cow.
RG, your link-whoring does not excuse the fact that Mrs. Geezer is contributing to the death of our planet.
geoff, all that for Belchin’ Waffles.
Haven’t commented much today - I was pent up.
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/video/13648379/index.html
I like the ‘fix’ they’re proposing. Kinky.
“Cement Mixer, Putty putty.”
Metal collars and chains. Yea, that’ll solve it.
Don’t even get into a burping contest with me. I can shatter glass.
Don’t even get into a burping contest with me. I can shatter glass.
♥♥ Be still, my heart.♥♥
Chaining them together?
Dude, put down the shovel already.
KC, my youngest can almost make it through the alphabet in one burp.
I think it’s going to solve a lot of dating problems.
*guzzling Pepsi*
she swallows air for about 3 minutes. I think it adds a nice depth to the overall timbre.
to quote ron white, “I eat the cow.”
[...] Minnesota, for example, they could creatively seek ways to address the global warming caused by the burps and farts emitted by their frickin’ dairy cattle. Talks on state-level climate policy were planned for the annual National Governors Association [...]
they r gay
yeah well before cows there were millions of buffalo on the prairies. The number of animals hasn’t change so don’t blame cows. Blame yourself for driving the car that you have and gas heat in your house.
Blame yourself for driving the car that you have and gas heat in your house.
So do you drive a fucking Buffalo or something to work Sean?
Oh thats right - hippies dont have jobs. Tonight im opening up all the windows in my huge republican tax loophole financed house and cranking the thermostat up on my gas heat to a hundred. And if i get to feeling a bit nippy im gonna go out and cut down as many innocent trees as i can, drive em back to my house in my (non emissions passing) flatbed diesel dually and chuck them into my fireplace.
FOAD hippie scum
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The best of Judaism and the Maori haka.
An Israeli ad in Yiddish and English for (ostensibly against HDTV). I thought it was hilarious.
“Gevalt, it’s Sodom and Gemorah /
HDTV it’s against the Torah”
By the way, to’evah is usually translated as “abomination”.
You’ve heard of iTunes, now behold iJews.
Thanks, Musli.
I love this post. It’s one of my favorite posts by me.
The excellent music selection is what makes it great.
Thank you guys for being out there. I feel so alone sometimes in a world of sheepish global warming ‘believers’.
I feel so alone sometimes in a world of sheepish global warming ‘believers’.
You’re more than welcome. I figure the best medicine is to laugh at them.
why is it that the cows are blamed? there wouldent be so many of them if people dident breed them for meat.
Don’t be a naive fool, Jake. Those cows have been planning this for a long, long time.
Maybe it’s not the cows fault that their belches are highly gaseous, maybe if they were given natural diets rather than grain, or maybe if they weren’t bred and kept in such massive number there would be hardly any affect at all. The problem is factory farms with thousands of cows in a small area, UNNATURAL, a good farm has no more than 30 cows, HEALTHY!
A good farm has no more than 30 cows? Yeah, that’s a good farm.
Good & bankrupt.