Fish Oil Diet Could Curb Greenhouse Gases From Cow Farts

Andrew Williams — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:44:16 +0000

Irish scientists have discovered that adding just a small amount of fish oil to the diet of cattle can vastly reduce the amount of methane produced by, ahem…cow farts.

Climate scientists have long known that, pound for pound, methane is 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide at trapping the suns rays, making it a highly potent greenhouse gas. An incredible 900 billion tonnes of the noxious fumes are produced each year by methanogen bacteria that live in the digestive systems of ruminants such as cattle, sheep and goats.

Anti-Fart Shots for a Cleaner Environment?

Max Lindberg — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:06:11 +0000

Aw, c’mon, pull my finger!

You’ve probably had that one pulled (pardon the pun) on you at least once in your life, and the old guy got a good laugh out of your response. It’s ok, old guys do strange things, I know.

Well, this isn’t about old guys, but sheep, cattle, deer and goats, the premier emitters of methane gas in the world. In this case, nature is “pulling the finger.”

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Fish Oil Diet Could Curb Greenhouse Gases From Cow Farts

Anti-Fart Shots for a Cleaner Environment?