http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3285121Oh my.
alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed May-14-08 05:28 PM
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The fart chart. How cows are hurting our environment.
Eating less meat and using less dairy products might be the responsible thing to do.
Fort the chart, go here:
http://www.milkprocon.org/cow_emissions_table.html
The emissions released by cows during milk production may be creating enough environmental pollution to negatively affect human health which is why we've decided to include dairy cow emissions in our research into Milk ProCon.org's core question "Is drinking milk healthy for humans?"
The chart below contains the number of dairy cows in the U.S. in 2001 and the estimated state by state dairy cow emission levels for chemicals that have been studied for their role/s in contributing to air and water pollution, negative human health effects, and/or global warming.
What about a study of state-by-state primitive emissions?
Now, that would be enlightening.
flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed May-14-08 05:35 PM
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7. This could be especially nice, as it's quite a bit about diary, not just beef.
LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed May-14-08 05:39 PM
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8. Good point.
Can I also point out how unhealthy dairy is?
You know, the looney mom primitive reminds me of someone who, as a kid, protested and temper-tantrummed at the dinner-table because she was forced to drink healthy wholesome milk, when she wanted to drink teeth-destroying sugar-laden soda instead.
I find that a pretty common experience in most anti-milkists.
flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed May-14-08 05:53 PM
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14. Very true.
And it basically drives the veal industry.
And the rape racks! Horrors for the animals.
DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed May-14-08 05:31 PM
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2. The older I get, the more I appreciate non-meat options
I've even lifted my lifelong ban on trail mix and have a few ounces for dinner each night.
Stupid weed.
ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Wed May-14-08 05:33 PM
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4. the sad thing is I remember this in the 90's and the repuke idiots tore it apart. I cant stress enough how much I hate with a passion repuke idiots.
avenger64 (254 posts) Wed May-14-08 05:34 PM
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5. I quit beef 4.5 years ago, and been the better for it ...
... not only does the beef industry contribute to global warming, it increases oil depletion, and exhausts grain supplies, which are decreasing already.
Never mind how much the primitives contribute to global warming, use up gasoline, and chow down overmuch.
The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed May-14-08 05:34 PM
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6. We just need to fit their asses with filters
Or kill em a little younger, maybe 1 week earlier than normal - think about how many less farts we would have to put up with over time.
alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed May-14-08 05:48 PM
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10. Collector tanks. When full, use the methane to power generators.
One suspects one can fuel a vehicle for 5,000 miles on the gas expelled by the Bostonian Drunkard and the skumbag primitive, IanDB1. One wouldn't want to be seated next to either one on an airplane, for example, or in a small room with one of them.
The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed May-14-08 05:51 PM
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11. Or cars! We just pull to a cows ass, insert tube, and fill up
And get some milk when done. Then eat it.
alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed May-14-08 05:53 PM
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13. I like the way your mind works.
OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed May-14-08 06:20 PM
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17. Seriously, there has been a solution found for this. The methane emitted from the cattle is used as energy.
http://www.nativeenergy.com/pages/our_projects/14.php#B...
eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Wed May-14-08 07:22 PM
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19. Actually, this is CH4 produced from cow *manure* in an anaerobic digester ...
considerably easier to collect manure than flatus.
Interesting Web site, though!
(Now you've got me thinking about ways to trap CH4 from dairy air ... hmmm ... hmmm ... )
I dunno.
I've never noticed any particular odor emanating from dairy farms, even though franksolich has a sensitive nose.
However, the reason I quit going to Boston in the summertime, and go only in the deadest of winter, is because of the stench of dead fish and human sewage that overhangs the place as if a poisonous cloud that never goes away. When Boston is cold, the odor isn't there.
alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed May-14-08 09:15 PM
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21. Pig farmers are doing just that. In India they use manure for energy.
cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed May-14-08 07:23 PM
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20. Kill all the cows...problem solved.
Oh my. The cyanide primitive forgot to dine on something fibrous today, and is all clogged up.