Posted by
Dave Kooker on Friday, December 07, 2007 1:51:22 PM
Animal flatulence’s (farting) seem to be a newsworthy topic these days. As the perceived panic of ‘Climate Change’ is communicated by the Socialistic Environmental alarmist, domesticated animals & some wild animals are now on the environmentalist target list.
The animal flatulence of the day is kangaroo farts. Scientists have discovered that there is a special bacteria in the stomachs of kangaroos, which causes them to produce flatulences that contains no methane. Methane is one of those bad greenhouse gases supposeively. Scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle and sheep who emit large quantities of the harmful gas.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22879806-29277,00.html
"Fourteen per cent of emissions from all sources in Australia is from enteric methane from cattle and sheep,'' said Athol Klieve, a senior research scientist with the Queensland Government. "And if you look at another country such as New Zealand, which has got a much higher agricultural base, they're actually up around 50 per cent,'' he said.
In a previous posting of mine several months back, I was relieved to learn that us pesky humans were not the only guilty culprits on this earth contributing to ‘Climate Change’.
Quick Kill Some Life In The Name Of Preserving Life
http://dmkooker.townhall.com/g/c87fb83c-9462-4862-bce7-fe70b3f70d71
"Norway is concerned that its national animal, the moose, is harming the climate by emitting an estimated 2,100 kilos [4,630 pounds] of carbon dioxide a year through its belching and farting," reports Der Spiegel:
Norwegian newspapers, citing research from Norway's technical university, said a motorist would have to drive 13,000 kilometers in a car to emit as much CO2 as a moose does in a year.
How soon will it be before a scientist estimates the flatulence’s of humans worldwide and its harmful effects on this planet? I could not find any estimates yet on-line.
Cow farting is now taxed in New Zealand.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3005740.stm
If the government can regulate cow flatulence’s, how long will it be before human flatulence is regulated and taxed? Will the government make me wear a fart-o-meter to determine how much we are emitting for tax purposes? By our present tax structure I suspect that the human flatulence tax structure will be progressive. Mexican food is going to be out of my budget……..
Would someone please explain to me how this planet survived 60 million years of dinosaur habitation? By the manner how we are alarmed by cow flatulence, you might think that one Brachiosaurus would quickly wipe life off this planet.
Why can’t private industry resolve this methane issue? If there is so much methane in the air, why can’t Calibre or Bic scrub the atmosphere to collect the excess methane for cigar or cigarette lighters? Yogurt manufactures could introduce a new line of yogurt to make us humans feel less guilty for existing and farting on this planet. Private business could actually remedy the methane crisis and create jobs in the process. How is taxing the problem and spending the money to subsidize entitlement programs going to resolve anything but enable more dependency on the government?
Do you think scientist could also do something about the scent of human flatulence’s? Can they make mine smell like roses? Or better yet ‘New Car’ smell?
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