If cow belching is a methane problem, should all cows be on gas-x?
Answer:
Are you on gas-x?
There was a newspaper article a few days ago that said scientists are trying to find new cow food that will give the cows less "gas".
I'm not sure what gas-x is, but it sounds like a drug. I don't like the thought of eating a cow that has been on drugs. They would need to do research to prove it was safe for human consumption.
The real question here is if, since we have already domesticated cows to the degree that they're practically factory produced, we should treat them like other factory-produced greenhouse-gas spewing products like cars and CFC-filled aerosols.
uhhh... no! (wow you are sure a late night person.)
This is actually serious business. Farms in general are a large cause of global warming. And proper management techniques can reduce that contribution. Many scientists are working hard on it. Here are two examples of the work:
http://southwestfarmpress.com/news/04110...
http://www.climateandfarming.org/pdfs/fa...
Their diet is too "rich". You know what happens when your diet gets too rich?
Take a look at this video - what we need to do is move them back to a more natural diet.
http://www.google.co.uk/group/fairair...
One of the other responders asked if, since cattle are run like a factory, should not emission controls be placed on them.
I find this to be a very good thought.
First, most cattle are run by large corporate "farms" the term "family farm" has , for the most part been lost.
Second, cattle are either a commodity, "Beef Products" or a part a factory component for another group of commodities, "Milk Products" .
Third, one cow produces large amounts of Methane Gas daily. Studies are on file recording this fact.
Fourth, a cow produces more hydrocarbon pollution than many daily operations in an oil terminal which has tight pollution controls.
For the stated reasons , Best Available Technology (BACT) controls should be considered for cow and cattle operations.
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