Comments on: Cow Farts and their Apocalyptic Effects

By: Erik Deckers

Erik Deckers — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:30:30 +0000

I'm a newspaper columnist in the US, and I wrote about how the New Zealand scientists have located the animal fart gene. The cool thing is that it could lead to a vaccination that would cut down on methane production. The cooler thing, and I mentioned this in my blog, is that it took one of the smallest countries in the world with the smallest amount of methane production to solve the problem, while the US and China just stood around doing nothing. On the downside, several countries have figured out how to harness energy from methane, so I don't know where that would leave them.

By: Paracelse

Paracelse — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:41:51 +0000

Vegan ism is creating more (health) problems, not too mention intellectual ones, look at the cows, they are vegan

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:10:58 +0000

Actually, the main problem (with cows at least) is burps…

By: Sulfura

Sulfura — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:15:24 +0000

“The key to understanding the problem is knowing which end of the cow is responsible. About 95% of the gas originates, not as flatulence, but as exhalation. It is the unwanted byproduct of a unique digestive system that has made cattle engines of agricultural production, but also prodigious belchers.”

http://www.mycattle.com/health/dsp_health_article.cfm?storyid=10045

By: kate

kate — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:47:31 +0000

We’d solve the food crisis if we just stopped feeding our produce to non-humans and converted grazing land into cropland.

By: beans

beans — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:23:53 +0000

Seriously?

By: ThinkPositive

ThinkPositive — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:48:37 +0000

It would be better for the environment just to encourage veganism and stop keeping cattle.

By: mark

mark — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:36:29 +0000

Just inform you – Estonia didn’t approve “cow fart” tax. The idea went off the table of MPs.