Fart Like a Kangaroo (and Save the Climate, Too)

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Congratulations on your new blog, which I just learned about. I'm interested in climate change in general and methane in particular.The possibility that warming of the Arctic will release methane from under Siberian permafrost scares James Hansen (and me). I think it is very unlikely that we will ever stop global warming by reducing the rate at which we put greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. We have to use geoengineering, such as putting sunlight-blocking materials in the stratosphere, as proposed by T.M.L.Wigley in Science 314, 452, 20 October 2006. A fleet of 100 modified Concorde airplanes could stop global warming for several decades for $10 billion per year. For details please see http://home.comcast.net/~RoyCWard/GlobalWarming.html.

Roy C. Ward of CO 6:54PM January 08, 2008

There's a simpler way to achieve pretty much the same goal. Cows and sheep that eat pasture land grasses, instead of concentrated cow chow, don't emit significantly more gasses than kangaroos do. It's what they were evolved/created to eat.
However, it would require that the cattle industry operate less like rural factories and more like, well, ranchers, so I don't expect to see a change any time soon.

of MI 9:54AM January 07, 2008

The dictionary is full of clear and appropriate words. Your headline was intended to be vulgar, and you achieved your purpose!! It is sad to be assulted by such language on my opening page. Your link will be removed.

Virginia of CA 3:16PM January 05, 2008