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Posted Fri Dec 27 2013: from
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Tax Meat to Reduce Methane Emissions and Global Warming, Say Scientists http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1388159804
You've probably heard that methane from cows, sheep, goats and buffalo (that is, ruminant farts) has been linked to global warming. There are 50 percent more cows and similar animals today than half a century ago (3.6 billion) and methane released from their digestive systems is the biggest human-related source of this greenhouse gas. So, to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases cows and the like produce, we need to tax meat.
That's what some scientists have recently proposed in an analysis in Nature Climate Change. Only by increasing the price of meat so people consume less can we cut down on the amount of methane emissions and halt the warming of the planet.
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Why don't we tax the animals for farting?
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