what some see as pollution others see as life

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On Aug 16, 6:59 am, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote:
> Cows alone emit far more greenhouse gases than motor vehicles do:
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/art...
>
> Cows, according to a recent UN report, release more greenhouse gases, from
> both ends, than cars, buses, trains, planes and all other forms of human
> transportation combined. Cattle produce some two thirds of ammonia
> emissions, which cause acid rain, and are responsible for more than a third
> of all methane gas released as a result of human activity, mostly though
> bovine burping. Cattle eructate an estimated 60 million tonnes of methane
> globally every year, three quarters of all livestock emissions, and methane
> is 23 times more potent than CO2 as a heat-trapping gas.
>
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>
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