Cow farts impact on climate change measured

Pig and chicken farts measured too

Too much gas from cows are released into the environment because we love beef. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Too much gas from cows are released into the environment because we love beef. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Eating meat pays a price beyond our wallets. Gases emitted from meat and livestock production have increased by 19 percent over the past 20 years, and our future can’t handle much more pressure. For the first time, a team of researchers from all over the world studied the gas emissions from meat and livestock throughout Poland,…

Posted: November 14th, 2014 | Author: admin | Filed under: Climate Change, Environment | Tags: chicken farts, Climate Change, Cow farts, Environmental Research Letters, Global Warming, Livestock Gas, pig farts | 3 Comments »

3 Comments on “Cow farts impact on climate change measured”

Jim Granelli said at 9:58 am on November 14th, 2014:
And this cost us how much money?

This is why extreme liberalism must be defeated.
Proud Republican said at 12:36 pm on November 14th, 2014:
Exactly Jim. This is the road to blaming McDonald’s for global warming. Why single out cows? what about wild animals like deer, raccoon, bear, buffalo, antelope, etc? don’t tHey contribute to those emissions? ridiculous
A Mad Cow said at 2:01 pm on November 14th, 2014:
This is so stupid.