At 06:53 PM Sunday 5/20/2007, jon louis mann wrote: >I used to know how much flatulence we humans produced, but I have long >forgotten that! <sigh> Yet another thing to look up...
The figure I recall is about a liter a day. >not sure about humans, but when i was in the land of the long white >cloud (new zealand) i was told that the average bovine emitted up to a >barrel a day. i think there are about 70 million sheep in the spring, >compared to 4 million people. of course ruminants have four stomachs. >termites are responsible for much more methane in our atmosphere; >however, some of the mounds in australia tower over mere humans and >form interesting spires. But wild termites are part of nature and their emissions cannot be blamed on evil humans, US Presidents, and oil companies. >jlm > >Knowledge is Power > > >[Yahoo! spam footer:] > >Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. How about "customers" who simply detest spam in all forms? -- Ronn! >:-o Founder and CEO, Partnership for a Spam-Free America _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
