Regis Philbin
May 30th, 2007, 07:05 PM
I am not making this up... :noway:
http://www.farmnews.co.nz/news/2007/may/879.shtml
Ben & Jerry's battle against belching
31 May 2007 -- Ice cream is made from milk amongst others. Milk comes from cows and cows produce a lot of carbon-dioxide and methane. Ben & Jerry's intend to reduce these greenhouse gasses by paying attention to the cow's feed.
Ben & Jerry's - a Unilever company - first embarked on a campaign to 'Lick Global Warming' back in 2002 and now they're on a mission against gas emissions that are thought to be responsible for global warming.
Cows release around 400gms of methane a day, thanks to their belching and farting. Carbon-dioxide (CO2) is by far the biggest contributor to climate change but methane has 23 times the warming potential of CO2, so reducing its emission is important.
Ben & Jerry's is investing a minimum of €2.4 million across a five year period to become climate neutral. That means going beyond carbon neutral by also taking into account other greenhouse gases such as methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O).
Cattle facts
• About 23 million dairy cows are grazing across Europe
• Between 9% and 12% of the energy that a cow consumes is converted into methane
• Of the 400gm of methane emitted a day, 99% is from belching, 1% from farting
http://www.farmnews.co.nz/news/2007/may/879.shtml
Ben & Jerry's battle against belching
31 May 2007 -- Ice cream is made from milk amongst others. Milk comes from cows and cows produce a lot of carbon-dioxide and methane. Ben & Jerry's intend to reduce these greenhouse gasses by paying attention to the cow's feed.
Ben & Jerry's - a Unilever company - first embarked on a campaign to 'Lick Global Warming' back in 2002 and now they're on a mission against gas emissions that are thought to be responsible for global warming.
Cows release around 400gms of methane a day, thanks to their belching and farting. Carbon-dioxide (CO2) is by far the biggest contributor to climate change but methane has 23 times the warming potential of CO2, so reducing its emission is important.
Ben & Jerry's is investing a minimum of €2.4 million across a five year period to become climate neutral. That means going beyond carbon neutral by also taking into account other greenhouse gases such as methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O).
Cattle facts
• About 23 million dairy cows are grazing across Europe
• Between 9% and 12% of the energy that a cow consumes is converted into methane
• Of the 400gm of methane emitted a day, 99% is from belching, 1% from farting