MJFF88
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Fart tax on cattle
Estonian authorities have slapped a flatulence tax on farmers to compensate the country for the methane gas produced by cows.
Farmers this week received their first ‘fart tax’ demands asking them to pay for the greenhouse gases their cattle produce. A single cow is thought to produce on average 350 litres of methane and 1,500 litres of carbon dioxide per day from flatulence and burping. It is thought that cattle are responsible for up to 25 per cent of methane gas emissions in Estonia.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C05%5C10%5Cstory_10-5-2008_pg9_7
    
[Edited on 10-05-2008 by MJFF88]
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Ben G
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i'll probably end up getting taxed then
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Hammer
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Another reason why global warming is a pile of nonsense, cows producing methane is 100% natural.
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ed
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But the ammount of cattle isn't.
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Simon
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quote: Originally posted by Hammer
Another reason why global warming is a pile of nonsense, cows producing methane is 100% natural.
that makes no sense
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Hammer
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quote: Originally posted by ed
But the ammount of cattle isn't.
Granted but the earth will not implode due to cows farting, believe me. It's all over exxagerated crap.
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Hammer
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quote: Originally posted by Simon
quote: Originally posted by Hammer
Another reason why global warming is a pile of nonsense, cows producing methane is 100% natural.
that makes no sense
Global warming protesters say 'cows are damaging the earth by farting', i say 'go hug a tree hippy'.
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ed
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I'd say that people taking a plane to Spain and back in a day for a 45 minute meeting is far more harmfull to the enviroment than a few cows emptying thier asses.
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Hammer
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I'd tend to agree.
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