Cow farts collected in plastic tank for global warming study

darkman2

I double checked to see if it was April 1st.


From the Daily Telegraph





Cow farts collected in plastic tank for global warming study
By Rupert Neate
Last Updated: 9:55PM BST 09/07/2008
Scientists are examining cow farts and burps in a novel bid to combat global warming.


Argentine scientists are strapping plastic tanks to the backs of cows
Experts said the slow digestive system of cows makes them a key producer of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that gets far less public attention than carbon dioxide.

In a bid to understand the impact of the wind produced by cows on global warming, scientists collected gas from their stomachs in plastic tanks attached to their backs.

The Argentine researchers discovered methane from cows accounts for more than 30 per cent of the country's total greenhouse emissions.

As one of the world's biggest beef producers, Argentina has more than 55 million cows grazing in its famed Pampas grasslands.

Guillermo Berra, a researcher at the National Institute of Agricultural Technology, said every cow produces between 8000 to 1,000 litres of emissions every day.

Methane, which is also released from landfills, coal mines and leaking gas pipes, is 23 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide.

Scientists are now carrying out trials of new diets designed to improve cows's digestion and hopefully reduce global warming. Silvia Valtorta, of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Investigations, said that by feeding cows clover and alfalfa instead of grain "you can reduce methane emissions by 25 percent".


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00686/cow-gas-tank-404_686141c.jpg - Will we all have to carry a tank like this in future?

javaboy

darkman2 wrote: »

Will we all have to carry a tank like this in future?

Thank God we voted No to Lisbon :pac:

darkman2

All I can say is god help the poor b@stard who has to open the tank.:o

Sherifu

Explains why the laughing cow is always laughing, bitch just let rip.

ART6

javaboy wrote: »

Thank God we voted No to Lisbon :pac:

With respect, you are missing the opportunity javaboy. It's a pet idea of mine that we should fit all cows with gas tanks and use the methane for green electricity generation. The next step then is to do some research on human emissions of the same biogas, particularly after a night out in Dublin and a Vindaloo to finish. That might then justify everyone carrying their own gas tank that they would periodically vent into a larger one in their house, from which a small domestic generator would run and supply their electricity needs. It would not need much imagination to also fit a valve to the personal tank that permitted it to be connected to a car engine manifold, so that one could run one's own car on farts. I think I'll lobby the EU Commission and John Gormley and his bike on this, since it demands a Directive.;)

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Now if they could only attache one to yore ma....

I'm here his Sunday, folks!!

It least they have a better chance of controlling the fuel than these farmers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XYiC6n0CCk

Black Swan

Well, it wasn't that long ago that researchers were funded at Washington State University to measure cow belching to see how much contributed to global warming. I guess in this study they decided to get to the bottom of the problem?