[TheBagman]

Cow 'emissions' more damaging to planet than CO2 from cars

By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor

Published: 10 December 2006



Meet the world's top destroyer of the environment. It is not the car, or the plane,or even George Bush: it is the cow.
A United Nations report has identified the world's rapidly growing herds of cattle as the greatest threat to the climate, forests and wildlife. And they are blamed for a host of other environmental crimes, from acid rain to the introduction of alien species, from producing deserts to creating dead zones in the oceans, from poisoning rivers and drinking water to destroying coral reefs.
The 400-page report by the Food and Agricultural Organisation, entitled Livestock's Long Shadow, also surveys the damage done by sheep, chickens, pigs and goats. But in almost every case, the world's 1.5 billion cattle are most to blame. Livestock are responsible for 18 per cent of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming, more than cars, planes and all other forms of transport put together.
Burning fuel to produce fertiliser to grow feed, to produce meat and to transport it - and clearing vegetation for grazing - produces 9 per cent of all emissions of carbon dioxide, the most common greenhouse gas. And their wind and manure emit more than one third of emissions of another, methane, which warms the world 20 times faster than carbon dioxide.
Livestock also produces more than 100 other polluting gases, including more than two-thirds of the world's emissions of ammonia, one of the main causes of acid rain.
Ranching, the report adds, is "the major driver of deforestation" worldwide, and overgrazing is turning a fifth of all pastures and ranges into desert.Cows also soak up vast amounts of water: it takes a staggering 990 litres of water to produce one litre of milk.
Wastes from feedlots and fertilisers used to grow their feed overnourish water, causing weeds to choke all other life. And the pesticides, antibiotics and hormones used to treat them get into drinking water and endanger human health.
The pollution washes down to the sea, killing coral reefs and creating "dead zones" devoid of life. One is up to 21,000sqkm, in the Gulf of Mexico, where much of the waste from US beef production is carried down the Mississippi.
The report concludes that, unless drastic changes are made, the massive damage done by livestock will more than double by 2050, as demand for meat increases.

Meet the world's top destroyer of the environment. It is not the car, or the plane,or even George Bush: it is the cow.
A United Nations report has identified the world's rapidly growing herds of cattle as the greatest threat to the climate, forests and wildlife. And they are blamed for a host of other environmental crimes, from acid rain to the introduction of alien species, from producing deserts to creating dead zones in the oceans, from poisoning rivers and drinking water to destroying coral reefs.
The 400-page report by the Food and Agricultural Organisation, entitled Livestock's Long Shadow, also surveys the damage done by sheep, chickens, pigs and goats. But in almost every case, the world's 1.5 billion cattle are most to blame. Livestock are responsible for 18 per cent of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming, more than cars, planes and all other forms of transport put together.
Burning fuel to produce fertiliser to grow feed, to produce meat and to transport it - and clearing vegetation for grazing - produces 9 per cent of all emissions of carbon dioxide, the most common greenhouse gas. And their wind and manure emit more than one third of emissions of another, methane, which warms the world 20 times faster than carbon dioxide.

Livestock also produces more than 100 other polluting gases, including more than two-thirds of the world's emissions of ammonia, one of the main causes of acid rain.
Ranching, the report adds, is "the major driver of deforestation" worldwide, and overgrazing is turning a fifth of all pastures and ranges into desert.Cows also soak up vast amounts of water: it takes a staggering 990 litres of water to produce one litre of milk.
Wastes from feedlots and fertilisers used to grow their feed overnourish water, causing weeds to choke all other life. And the pesticides, antibiotics and hormones used to treat them get into drinking water and endanger human health.
The pollution washes down to the sea, killing coral reefs and creating "dead zones" devoid of life. One is up to 21,000sqkm, in the Gulf of Mexico, where much of the waste from US beef production is carried down the Mississippi.
The report concludes that, unless drastic changes are made, the massive damage done by livestock will more than double by 2050, as demand for meat increases.



http://news.independent.co.uk/enviro...cle2062484.ece

[ßü††|맧]

Holy fuck!
We need to eat the cows before they fart us into oblivion.

[Mr Skinner]

Old news...

I always said we oughtta plug hoses into the cows' arses and use the methane to gas nazis

[RUDOLF HESS]

Originally Posted by Mr Skinner

Old news...

I always said we oughtta plug hoses into the cows' arses and use the methane to gas nazis

Spoken like the Jew loving piece of garbage you are.

[Mr Skinner]

Rudi!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hab' Dich vermisst! Wie geht's, Alter?

[mmmkay]

Can we make bacon out of these so called 'cows'?

[Crash]

Originally Posted by RUDOLF HESS

Spoken like the Jew loving piece of garbage you are.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA this is so god damn ridiculous its funny. whats worse, jew lover, nazi lover, or nazi wannabe. anyway...

we need to eat more beef, which means we need to kill off the vegetarians, THEYRE the real enemy here, letting those cows stick around and destroy our atmosphere, i say we throw red paint at peta members until they start eating cows.

[AnnonUSA]

Thousands of years from now, Alien probes and missions to the Dead Earth, will conclude that life on Earth was destroyed by COW FARTS!

Oh the Humanity!

[TacoSusio]

if cows really have that much destrutive power, we need to begin stockpiling them, while simultaneously denying the rest of the world cows or cow technology. looks like india is the new superpower.

[elroypornlab]

Originally Posted by RUDOLF HESS

Spoken like the Jew loving piece of garbage you are.

Fuckin internet nazi's

[TacoSusio]

internet nazi? is that like an illinois nazi? i HATE illinois nazis!

[mmmkay]

I still say we find some way to make then into delicious bacon.
We could make the crouts into bacon too

[Mr Skinner]

Originally Posted by TacoSusio

if cows really have that much destrutive power, we need to begin stockpiling them, while simultaneously denying the rest of the world cows or cow technology. looks like india is the new superpower.

Weeeeelllllll I don't think ye though this one over before ye posted it, innit?




But just for the sake of getting Gilligan on me arse again: I second the notion: Go ahead and stock cows so they can fart the shit out of the USA

[TacoSusio]

Originally Posted by Mr Skinner

Weeeeelllllll I don't think ye though this one over before ye posted it, innit?

i resent your implication that i think any post through before posting it.

Originally Posted by Mr Skinner

But just for the sake of getting Gilligan on me arse again: I second the notion: Go ahead and stock cows so they can fart the shit out of the USA

we'll bottle the farts and fit them onto ICBMs. denying the rest of the world WMDs while stockpiling them is what separates the superpowers from the 3rd worlds. it's a US tradition and it's worked beautifully so far. as a great president once said, we need to stay the course.

[Mr Skinner]

touché