Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide at trapping heat. New Zealand scientists have developed a vaccine to cut down on livestock flatulence, which should help farmers avoid a proposed “flatulence tax” on the methane their livestock produces.
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Sheep and Cow Farting Vaccine to Reduce Climate Changing Methane Emissions
(via ecoscraps.com)
Submitted by ecochildsplay on Mon, 2008-06-09 14:50. | Tags: science | cows | flatulence | greenhouse gases | livestock | methane | new zealand | vaccine
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Pardon me, but I've found a way to save the world from flatulent cows
(via www.timesonline.co.uk)
 A team of Japanese boffins may have accidentally struck gold in the fight against global warming: they believe they have devised a way to neutralise the perilous belches of 1.5 billion cows.
Submitted by oysterbox on Sat, 2008-01-26 00:51. | Tags: nature | cows methane co2 | flatulence