Let 'em collect cow farts. On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > > > >> >> Meat producers should replace cattle with insects, scientists say >> >> The rearing of cattle and pigs for meat production results in an estimated >> >> 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. With worldwide consumption >> of beef and pork expected to double by 2020, alternatives are being >> investigated. Of these, perhaps the most notable has been the development >> of >> "in-vitro meat" which is lab-grown tissue not requiring the production of >> a >> whole organism. Initiated by NASA as a form of astronaut food, in-vitro >> meat >> production took its first steps in 2000 when scientists used goldfish >> cells >> to grow edible protein resembling fish fillets. Since then, turkey and pig >> >> cells have been used to create spam-like substances, and Time Magazine has >> >> included in-vitro meat in its list of the top 50 breakthrough ideas of >> 2009. >> >> In addition to the environmental impact of current meat production >> techniques, scientists believe that the inevitable increase in price as >> population-driven demand grows will ultimately result in traditional meat >> products >> becoming unavailable to many people around the world. >> >> However, if the idea of eating meat grown in a lab doesn't appeal to you, >> there is another option. >> >> Researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands looked at >> mealworms, house crickets, migratory locusts, sun beetles, and Dubia >> cockroaches, >> and for the first time quantified the amounts of methane (CH4) and nitrous >> >> oxide (N2O) released per kilogram of insect meat. They found that the >> amounts of gases released by insects to be much smaller than those >> released by >> cattle and pigs. For instance, mealworms produce between ten and a hundred >> >> times less greenhouse gas emissions per kilogram than do pigs. Ammonia >> levels >> also declined significantly. >> >> Article continues: >> http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0109-morgan_insect_meat.html >> >> HR >> >> . >> >> > > __._,_.___ > Reply to > sender<[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Obama%20Agriculture%20Czar%20issues%20new%20directive>| > Reply > to > group<[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Obama%20Agriculture%20Czar%20issues%20new%20directive>| > Reply > via web > post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RumblesAList/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJzY3U5aGU0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIxMTI2MzIwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcxMTY0MzYyNwRtc2dJZAMzMjIwNjAEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcnBseQRzdGltZQMxMjk1MTcyNTYw?act=reply&messageNum=322060>| > Start > a New > Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RumblesAList/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmcXFhczlhBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIxMTI2MzIwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcxMTY0MzYyNwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyOTUxNzI1NjA-> > Messages in this > topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RumblesAList/message/322060;_ylc=X3oDMTM5NGxwcWQwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIxMTI2MzIwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcxMTY0MzYyNwRtc2dJZAMzMjIwNjAEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMjk1MTcyNTYwBHRwY0lkAzMyMjA2MA-->( > 1) > Recent Activity: > > - New > Photos<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RumblesAList/spnew;_ylc=X3oDMTJna3E4OGduBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIxMTI2MzIwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcxMTY0MzYyNwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2cGhvdARzdGltZQMxMjk1MTcyNTYw> > 1 > > Visit Your > Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RumblesAList;_ylc=X3oDMTJmcmE3djVqBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIxMTI2MzIwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcxMTY0MzYyNwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEyOTUxNzI1NjA-> > [image: Yahoo! > Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJldHYzZmZ0BF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIxMTI2MzIwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcxMTY0MzYyNwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTI5NTE3MjU2MA--> > Switch to: > Text-Only<[email protected]?subject=Change+Delivery+Format:+Traditional>, > Daily > Digest<[email protected]?subject=Email+Delivery:+Digest>• > Unsubscribe <[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe>• > Terms > of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > . > > __,_._,___ > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
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