Fish Oil Could Curb Cow Flatulence

foxnews ^ | March 30, 2009

[JoeProBono]

Cows break wind a lot, and their flatulence fills the air with methane, a potent greenhouse gas. In fact, the EPA estimates that roughly 28 percent of all methane emissions related to human activity come from methane-producing bacteria in the rumens of domestic cattle, sheep and goats and other livestock known as ruminants, which eat plants that are mostly indigestible by other creatures. By volume, methane is more powerful than carbon dioxide at trapping solar energy and making the atmosphere behave like a greenhouse. Fish oil could cut down on the boom-booms, a new study suggests.

[JoeProBono]

[Ann Archy]

Haven’t cows ALWAYS eaten Fish??? /sarc......

[mikelets456]

Oh...that’s sad, sad news! There are not too many funny things left in this world..Bummer!

[Patrick1]

Would not closing Congress for nine months out of the year have the same impact?

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

They may fart less but they will smell worse.

SBD will be a new breed of cattle.

[MaxMax]

Do they realize how that will effect the beef? Oh that's right,
It's all about feeeling good and not the repercussions.

[shotdog]

Hold the anchovies.

[mikelets456]

“...Would not closing Congress for nine months out of the year have the same impact?...”

However, theirs comes out of both ends. Sad to say, these cows could do a better job running the country!

[JoeProBono]

[RJS1950]

I take 4 per day and it hasn’t affected my flatulence which has increased with age. I just consider it an expansion of my carbon footprint. If I could find a way to curb it I would go into business selling the product AND carbon credits to the rubes (environmentalists).

[JoeProBono]

[meandog]

[Never on my watch]

I can't believe I just read “Fish oil could cut down on the boom-booms” in a news article.

[KosmicKitty]

So what are the odds in some new disease or problem arising from feeding one animal oil from another animal that the first animal has never naturally eaten.

Gee, I don’t see any potential problems there /s

[a fool in paradise]

We “aren’t” supposed to be eating meat to begin with. Never mind how many vegans add to methane emmisions with their own diets.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[AngelesCrestHighway]

How far down the pole of life have we slid?....we should worry about cow farts thanks to liberals?

[jdsteel]

Correction: By volume, methane is more powerful than carbon dioxide which is the latest scam at controlling our behaviour and taxing our productivity by alleging that they actually have a chance at trapping solar energy and making the atmosphere behave like a greenhouse....

[TASMANIANRED]

BS science..pun intended.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Farting is probably the most enjoyable thing most cows do all day, and now someone wants to take that away from them!
Life just ain’t fair!