https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment-and-conservation/2022/11/can-you-tax-a-cows-burps-new-zealand-will-be-the-first-to-try

I've eaten New Zealand beef.  When I was stationed in Japan the commissary would get New Zealand beef in once in a while and it was considerably cheaper than imported American beef.  The best I can say for it is that it was edible.

That's not a slur on New Zealand beef.  All range fed cattle are like that.  We Americans have been spoiled by feed-lot beef where dieticians feed the beef to fatten them up with special formulas that change as the cows get closer to market.  And the feed is delivered warm to the pens where cows are getting closer to slaughter.

When I worked for Fairbanks Morse in Denver we maintained the scales and computers (actually relay actuators) that mixed the wheat and oats and cooked it into a mash for delivery to the cows at the Monfort feed lot in Greely.

And when a pen full of cattle was ready for market they were put on cattle cars and rode the 7 or 8 miles to the meat packing plant in Greely where they were turned into a marketable product.

I don't know if New Zealand has feed lots where they fatten up the cows for market.  What they sent us in Japan were range fed meat.  Not so tender and delicious as feed-lot fed meat.

But I digress.  What measuring yardstick can measure the vapours emitted from cows?  I'm sure there's a way.  What is it?

Noel 

Now you want to discuss cow farts?  🤨  If they eat radiated grass, are they nuclear farts?

 

 

It's not going to be a problem for long Charlie.  Elon Musk is developing an electric cow.

Noel

I'm sure they'll figure out a way.  Governments are hungry for cash now that they can't "borrow" printed up cash from their central banks.  Add to that the fact that they now have to pay realistic interest on their debts, no more 0% or negative rates like the last 10+ years. 

Then there's the "agenda" which will remain unnamed here, the purpose of which is to make energy, meat, and other commodities so expensive that the average person won't be able to buy nearly as much of them as before, or buy them at all.

Believe it or not, the plans for the unwashed masses that are being implemented now were developed decades ago.

Dystopia is no longer the theme of a science fiction novel.  It's becoming ever more possible.

Welcome to the fourth turning.

Dave

Edited November 22, 20223 yr by dave2013

After extensive research, I can report that it's belching that's the problem, not flatulence. I have a quotation from an article entitled "Cattle methane gas from belching and flatulence measured from space", which says:

"You might think that cow farts are a bigger deal than cow burps when it comes to methane emissions. But it turns out that flatulence only makes up a small amount, roughly 5%, of the methane generated by cattle. The remainder comes from burping, with methane released through a cow's nose, according to the statement. Cows burp so much because gases are created when their stomachs break down grass and other food."

That's why the original reference, given by birdguy, specifically refers to belching.

Here is a reference for those who really want to know more on the subject:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284179169_Measuring_Methane_Production_from_Ruminants

 

Edited November 22, 20223 yr by dmwalker

18 hours ago, birdguy said:

 

But I digress.  What measuring yardstick can measure the vapours emitted from cows?  I'm sure there's a way.  What is it?

Noel 

 

I recall they use sensors attached to the animals when they feed.