Its official global warming is hot air!
Reports from Scotland say that there is undeniable evidence that global warming is a load of hot air, with cow flatulence attracting the attention of Ministers after emerging as an environmental menace to rival factory chimneys and cheap air travel.
Bovine emissions it appears account for around one million tonnes of methane a year in the UK and now the government wants farmers to change what they feed the animals to cut down greenhouse gases.
Scientists have already conducted experiments on different cattle feed to determine which one best cuts down gaseous after-effects, and ministers have not ruled out action to force farmers to change their cows’ diet.
Officials have worked out that agriculture contributes 7% of all the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions with the sector accounting for 36% of Britain’s emissions of methane, and farm animals – chiefly cows – contribute the vast majority of it.
The problem is worse in Scotland, which has a higher concentration of agriculture, meaning farm animals produce 46% of methane emissions.
Methane has been described by the United Nations as 23 times more “warming” than carbon dioxide and a UN report reveals that: “Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems.”
The answer, according to scientists at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), is for farmers to alter what they are piling into their cows’ front ends.
A Defra spokeswoman said, “We do encourage farmers to look at this research and consider acting on it.” “There is no regulation [saying] they will have to change fodder, although that may be something we will have to look into in the future.”
Britain’s attempts to get to grips with the issue are in line with a growing trend in research into cows’ digestive systems around the world, with scientists at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen recording impressive reductions by introducing a mixture of organic sugars and a special bacterium into the animals’ diet.
Belgian researchers have found that adding fish oil to fodder reduced methane emissions in cattle by up to 80%, while the Australians are even experimenting with a flatulence-reducing vaccine.
And the UK, too, is finally falling into line with in a parliamentary answer politely entitled “Bovine Emissions” last week, farming minister Ian Pearson said “recent research suggests that substantial methane reductions could be achieved by changes to feed regimes”.
Report by The Mole
John Alwyn-Jones
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