FAO believes livestock greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced as much as 30%

Thursday, September 26th 2013 - 21:19 UTC

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Wider use of available best practices and technologies could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector by as much as 30%, according to a new study released on Thursday by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO. Read full article

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A_Voice
how on earth are you going to stop cows farting?
Sep 26th, 2013 - 09:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
A Brazilian is the Secretary General of FAO. Graziano. He won, as always, the western candidate, supported by USA and UE (Europe Union), as the WTO. Our alliances are very strong. For example, Brasil will never be alone in a war, will be Brasil and 90 other countries against other or others.
Sep 26th, 2013 - 09:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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A_Voice
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Good for you...glad to hear it.... but how is he going to stop the cows farting?
Sep 26th, 2013 - 10:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
@ 3

United States were allies, are no longer. We found that they are thieves, has no honor, no respect anyone.
Sep 26th, 2013 - 10:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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A_Voice
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Just be grateful they don't want your country...if they did it wouldn't matter how many allies you think you have....
This is the country that used nukes to see the effect on cities and populations...you will eventually realise it's better to be their friend than their enemy!
Sep 26th, 2013 - 10:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
I'd rather die! I prefer to be an ally of China, they also have nuclear bomb. And if they enter our soil, will have to kill all Brazilians, if no, we will kill them.
Sep 26th, 2013 - 10:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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golfcronie
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Were you educated in Brasil? Thought so!!
Sep 27th, 2013 - 08:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
Livestock gas emissions is 'small beer' alongside shale gas and other geological primary and secondary emissions.
We seem to have rowed-back on these 'geological' issues in the USA and China; fracking awful.

I'm working on the cow-farting question ...
... a pair of bungs per cow? - inflation. Flying pigs is bad enough ... and pressure builds up ... imagine if all those cows blew their gasket at the same time ... air traffic control would have a real problem!
Sep 27th, 2013 - 02:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
There would be less rear end emissions if the politicians were treated in the same way as they want to treat the ruminants.
Sep 27th, 2013 - 06:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
If it was just a matter of attaching the herd by their rear-ends, Chris (Y'know, gas tubes to a big tank) even that would present problems - the grazing range would look like a spaghetti Bolognese ...
but cows burp a significant percentage of their gases of digestion. Tubes at both ends would be like a spit-roast before the barbeque.
Sep 28th, 2013 - 08:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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