There is. See attachment. Some believe it, some don't

"Stephen R. Gregory" wrote:

> Hey Bev,
>
> There ain't no "might" about it according to this article below...ain't
> nothing deadlier than a cow fart   :^ {
>
> -Steve Gregory-
>
> 3/24/00 Canadian Company Tries To Reduce Cattle Flatulence For Environment
>
> CALGARY, Alberta (http://www.nandotimes.com) - It sounds like a joke, but a
> Canadian electric company insists an agreement signed Thursday to reduce cow
> flatulence - a source of one of the greenhouse gases that cause global
> warming - is no laughing matter. TransAlta, Canada's largest private power
> provider, said it has reached the multimillion-dollar agreement with Global
> Livestock Group, a U.S. company, to produce a feed supplement for cattle in
> Uganda that would reduce their belching and flatulence.
>
> Sprayed on the cattle's hay and feed, the supplement would ease the animals'
> digestion to minimize expulsions of methane gas and produce more and better
> meat and milk, according to TransAlta. If successful, the decrease in methane
> gas expelled would be equivalent to 30 million tons of carbon dioxide,
> company spokesman Tim Richter contended.
>
> "People tend to snicker at the obvious joke, but when they look at the size
> of the emissions we're talking about here, they say, `Wow, that's a lot,"'
> Richter said from Vancouver, where the announcement was made at an
> international environmental business conference.
>
> Greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide and methane, trap heat in the
> atmosphere and are believed to contribute to global warming. They are largely
> produced from burning oil, coal and gas.
>
> TransAlta has pursued the deal as part of its strategy to reduce its
> greenhouse gas emissions to a net equivalent of zero by 2024. Though the
> company's plants will still produce gases, they will be offset by eliminating
> an equivalent amount of gases elsewhere through the Uganda deal and other
> planned projects. TransAlta operates power plants in Alberta and has holdings
> in the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
>
> The agreement is the type envisioned by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, an
> international treaty for industrialized nations to reduce the amount of
> greenhouse gas emissions to pre-1990 levels by the year 2012.
>
> The protocol, which still requires ratification, includes a proposal allowing
> companies to continue producing a higher level of greenhouse gases by gaining
> "credits" through projects reducing emissions elsewhere. Environmental groups
> question the validity of the strategy.
>
> > They also might contribute to global warming.  :)
> >
> >  Bev
> >
> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> >  From: Werner Engelmaier [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >  Sent: May 4, 2001 4:13 PM
> >  To: [log in to unmask]
> >  Subject: Re: [TN] Salvage the Aged
> >
> >
> >  Hi Bernie, Brian, and other 'Old Farts" Collectively,
> >  Many of us are kicking quite well, thank you very much. I play golf 4 times
> >  a
> >  week and play tennis twice---if I am not too (much too busy for my taste)
> >  busy with work which lately I am. When my company down-sized, I grabbed the
> >  opportunity of the Early Retirement package offered--the people too young
> >  for
> >  it felt discriminated against--and started consulting; surely one of my
> >  better decisions.
> >  Bernie, don't let those Senior Moments get to you.
> >  Brian, lay off the beans; besides the obvious effect, they also give you
> >  gout.
> >
> >  Werner Engelmaier
>
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