Friday, December 16, 2005 - 03:54 pm, by: Cristian Gruber(Cgru2)
The World Book Encyclopedia mentions that the people, on this planet, harbor about 2 billion cows, both dairy and beef. In one year, a cow exhales carbon dioxide equivalent to the burning of 380 gallons of gasoline. This is nearly 1 trillion gallons of gasoline by comparison.
Thus, live beef alone contributes 3 TIMES as much carbon dioxide pollution as does ALL of our beloved automobiles combined!
Friday, December 16, 2005 - 06:48 pm, by: Mike Triggs(Mikeandimah)
Unfortunately the CO2 from cows is in addition to that exhaled by humans, so the effect is cumulative. They also exhale methane which is a greenhouse gas too.
Our problems with "cows" are more direct here- they have free run of the roads (as well as the garden, if you can't keep them out) and one is killed every few months- makes a mess of the car that kills it Only a couple of months ago a Mitsubishi Canter was written off.
Don Bagnall Moderator New Zealand 1991 UZZ30 GT4.0 V8
Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 08:09 am, by: Stephen Hille(9zero)
I almost hit 3 cows one night driving a ute fire appliance, If I remember correctly they carried 600 liters of water in a tank on the back and when I started braking and slowly swerving the water started swaying in the back which unsettled the car a bit, that was very scary - I dont know why all 3 cows were just sitting in the one lane and I dont really care I was just so happy I didnt him them, have hit a few roo's and I know I definitely dont want to hit a cow - would be particularly embarrasing, especially in a fire truck!!
Don Bagnall Moderator New Zealand 1991 UZZ30 GT4.0 V8
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) and one is killed every few months- makes a mess of the car that kills it
Only a couple of months ago a Mitsubishi Canter was written off.
but such is life.
