PHIL 3340 Environmental Ethics-Supporting the philosophical study of environmental issues at Middle Tennessee State University and beyond...
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Cows are already the nation’s single largest source of methane, a greenhouse gas produced by oil extraction, decomposing trash, and the guts of grazing animals that are as much as 105 times more potent than carbon dioxide. A single cow farts and belches enough methane to match the carbon equivalent of the average car. So scientist and a group of interns decided to capture the methane by attaching a bag that hooks into their stomach to capture the excess.
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/12/discovery-racing-extinction-methane-bags-timelapse/
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This is lowkey sad that this is the best scientists could come up with... this seems so inhumane.
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