Thread: Gas emissions and Global warming

None of this is new of course. Methane production by domestic stock was part of the argument concerning whether agriculture’s contribution to "greenhouse gas" production should or should not have been part of the ETS. One of the interesting things here is that methane production by domestic stock is significantly higher from cattle feeding on improved pastures as opposed to "natural" pastures. Seems that this may well relate to the diversity of the plants consumed. This would be consistent with Peter Andrews' theories about performance of race horses and horse health. Andrews is well known as the guru of Natural Sequence Farming.

cow gas can be measured nearly down to one cow fart at the cape grim weather station which I might add has the cleanest measured air in the industrial world. only 40km north of where I live
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blaze

Most of the gas comes from 'burping' rather than farting, but more importantly, you are a lucky man bblaze to be living near Cape Grim. The air in our major cities, where most of us live, is pretty ordinary. But then again, by world standards, our city air is quite good. Certainly wouldn't want to live in some of the big industrial cities of eastern Europe or Asia.

Originally Posted by Chucaro

Forget about your Land Rover, it is not the problem.
New studies are conducted to see how the gas emissions from sheep can be reduced to help the enviroment.
Next will be our diet, no more beans in your food
I just wonder if the farmers cannot run the tractors on Mereino gas
Perhaps some of our members can test the LR on it as well
The news are HERE

The cows( not the Toyota Cowrolla) are contributing to the problem as wel:

Cow Farts
- Bovine Gases contribute to Global Warming

When cows burp and fart they emit the greenhouse gas, methane, which, along with CO2 are the 2 major man-made accelerants of Global Warming. An average cow produces an unbelievable 600 liters of methane a day. With 1.3 billion domesticated cattle on Earth (100 million in the US alone) it is no surprise that constant burping and farting by livestock is the chief global source of methane released into the atmosphere, according to the EPA. The atmospheric concentration of methane has more than doubled in the last 200 years due to industrialization and modern agriculture, thus magnifying the Greenhouse effect. What’s worse is that methane is capable of trapping 25 times more heat than CO2, and will account for 17 percent of Global Warming over the next 50 years. While CO2 emissions can persist for over a century, methane only lasts a decade. Thus, reducing methane emissions will have a more immediate impact on Global Warming.

All this is totally irrelevant to global warming! The sheep/cows eat the grass which has just grown and in the process of growing has absorbed carbon from the air. The sheep/ cow then farts/ belches and returns some of that carbon to the air. The rest returns to the earth as fertiliser, to grow more grass which absorbs carbon from the air as a part of the growing process. Net result is that less carbon was in the air than there was in the first place.

Willem

Originally Posted by bblaze

cow gas can be measured nearly down to one cow fart at the cape grim weather station which I might add has the cleanest measured air in the industrial world. only 40km north of where I live
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blaze

Blaze, did you know that Launceston (Tamar valley) has the worst air pollution in Australia, closely followed by Tuggeranong (ACT), much worse than Melbourne or Sydney, Regards Frank.

Ha, you're all wrong. To get the biggest saving by way of reducing gas emmissions all you have to do is shut down our head office in Perth WA.....the largest singular contributor to methane and hot air in the southern atmosphere, followed closely by parliament house

I am glad that some members took this thread with humor, this was the purpose of my post......tongue-in-cheek

Originally Posted by Tank

Blaze, did you know that Launceston (Tamar valley) has the worst air pollution in Australia, closely followed by Tuggeranong (ACT), much worse than Melbourne or Sydney, Regards Frank.

Wasnt sure it was the worst but new it was up there, trouble with launceston is its at the bottom of a bowl (surrounded by hills) and it all just sits there
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blaze