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Old 02-25-2009, 04:56 PM
 
Location: Subarctic maritime Melbourne
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$27m to plug cow, sheep emissions | The Australian

$27m to plug cow, sheep emissions

February 25, 2009


METHANE-emitting cows and sheep are the target of a new research project to cut greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change.


Livestock are the third largest source of carbon emissions in Australia, with a beef cow grazing in northern Australia believed to produce 1500 kilograms of carbon per year.
Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke has unveiled a $26.8 million program in support of 18 projects over four years as part of Labor's climate change research program.
"Some of this goes to breeding options, some of it goes to better feed options, some of it goes to dealing with the bacteria in the stomach of the animal to try to reduce the amount of methane that then comes out of the mouth," Mr Burke said on ABC television.
He conceded the farming sector would need to bear increased transport and fertiliser costs, but said the alternative would cost Australia far more.
"There is no cost-free method of dealing with this."






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Old 02-28-2009, 05:25 PM
 
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Perhaps those methane emissions should be sucked up through an intricate network of hoses by the concerned greenies who put this package together, inhaling those harmful greenhouse gases and using their own biological processes to purify or modify these gases into less harmfull chemical compounds, thus saving the rest of us and the planet, making them truely heros.
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Old 02-28-2009, 06:36 PM
 
Location: Subarctic maritime Melbourne
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^ lol or they can burn in hell where they belong
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Old 02-28-2009, 07:37 PM
 
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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^ lol or they can burn in hell where they belong
I don't harbour (that much) resentment towards them, though I am thoroughly unimpressed with their actions.
I am Christian; I try to make a strong effort to "hate the sin, not the sinner."
(though what they are attempting is not sin; it's just really, really annoying )
Besides, I wasn't hoping that any of them would die, but perhaps feel a little quesy... maybe grow a second head.

Kind of like the attitude of catching a kid smoking and as a smoking deterent, using this approach
"...So you want to smoke, eh? Well you're going to smoke the WHOLE PACK... I'm wait-ing..."
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