The carnivores of the world have a hearty appetite and because of that, there are millions of cows around the world. And all of them fart (can I use that word, or is it too crass?) Well, that emission is increasing the methane concentration in the atmosphere and according to the Church of Global Warming, helping to increase temperatures worldwide.
In order to curb the flatulent bovines, Irish researchers suggest a healthy helping of fish oil.
The report produced by University College Dublin found that by including two percent fish oil in the diet of cattle they achieved a reduction in the amount of methane released by the animals.
Lowering methane emissions is important for the environment, as the gas given off by farm animals is a major contributor to greenhouse gas levels.
More than a third of all methane emissions, around 900 billion tonnes every year, are produced by methanogen bacteria that live in the digestive systems of cattle, sheep and goats.
By volume, methane is 20 times more powerful at trapping solar energy than carbon dioxide making it a potent greenhouse gas.
In order to save the planet, we have to curb the rear end explosions of goats, cows and sheep. I hope that sounds as ridiculous to you as it does to me. Meanwhile, the planet is getting cooler:
California meteorologist Anthony Watts says the amount of cooling ranges from 65-hundredths of a degree Centigrade to 75-hundreds of a degree.
That is said to be a value large enough to erase nearly all the global warming recorded over the past 100 years. It is reportedly the single fastest temperature change ever recorded — up or down.
Some scientists contend the cooling is the result of reduced solar activity — which they say is a larger driver of climate change than man-made greenhouse gases.
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