[Terrapreta] two recent articles on TP

[Michael Bailes]

Of course Australian fauna are above this sort of thing :)
Inhabitat <http://www.inhabitat.com/>
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January 3, 2008 Scientists to Make Cows Fart Like Kangaroos to Cool the
Planet<http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/03/scientists-to-make-cows-fart-like-kangaroos/>by
Jorge
Chapa <http://www.inhabitat.com/2005/03/15/jorge-chapa/>

[image: kangaroo, fart, cow, greenhouse gases, methane, scientists,
australia, wallaby, cattle, sheep]

We're guessing that headline caught your attention! Cow farts are a source
of greenhouse gases, while kangaroo farts are methane free thanks to a
particular bacteria in their stomachs. Now, in a bizarre twist of
science-reality, scientists from Australia are trying to neutralize
cow-produced methane<http://www.theage.com.au/news/climate-watch/quest-to-make-cattle-fart-like-marsupials/2007/12/06/1196812922326.html>by
transferring that kangaroo bacteria to cattle and sheep's guts.
According
to the government of Queensland, almost 14% of all greenhouse gas emissions
from Australia come from cow farts, so this seemingly silly idea could
actually make a big difference.

Somewhat simpler -cut out the middleman- to eat kangaroos -and goats?-)
On 01/03/2008, Michael Bailes <michaelangelica at gmail.com> wrote:
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> A Belch is just one gust of wind,
> That cometh from thy Heart...
> But should it take the downward trend,
> It turns into a Fart
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> Thank you for you erudite comments
> M
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> On 01
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