Saturday, February 10, 2007

Cattle Emissions Contribute More To Global Warming Than Transportation

According to a United Nations report, gases emitted by cattle rearing across the globe contributes more to global warming than transportation.

That's right, folks, cow flatulence and belching are outpacing car emissions worldwide as the number one contributors to global warming.

As the U.N. report recommends, scientists around the world are working on creative solutions to this largely misunderstood, and much under reported, culprit in the global debate over greenhouse gas emissions that scientists agree are accelerating global warming.

Mostly the research is centering on creating a feed that reduces the methane emissions from cattle, which come mostly from blenching and flagellating of ruminants like cows and sheep, scientists say.

Last week, researchers at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland kicked-off a
one-year trial of a new feed they say will cut down on blenching and other emissions of ruminants like sheep and cows.

Cattle release as much as 500 litres of methane each day into the atmosphere.

Dr. John Wallace, who is leading the research, told the BBC Wednesday: "We've done a lamb trial recently in which we used this additive and we obtained a 70% decrease in methane formation.

Wallace also addressed the concerns of many cattle farmers by claiming that the cattle retain 10% more of their body weight.

The "farmer benefits as well," he said, "because the energy in that methane is retained in the animal's body." Of course this whole story brings up all kinds of questions and for others, jokes, but ultimately it could be a significant development in reducing greenhouse gases from human-raised animals.

Yeah, I know what you're thinking. Well how much do humans contribute to greenhouse gases from their own bodies in everyday life?

Anyone know? Anyone want to know?

Watch a video of what the scientists are doing

Labels: Cattle Methane Emissions, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gases, Offbeat News, Strange News, Weird News

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