Thursday, December 06, 2007
And Al Gore said, "Let there be Kangacows!"
Do you come from a land Down Under, aka A Land That's Gone Off the Environmental Deep End?! To wit:
"Scientists in Queensland say they have isolated special bacteria in the stomach lining of kangaroos which, if replicated in sheep and cattle, would significantly reduce the emission of greenhouse gas and improve the productivity of farms around the world.
"The research team estimates that methane from cattle and sheep accounts for 14 per cent of Australia's total greenhouse gas emission - second only to coal- and gas-powered power stations.
"It has been estimated that the average bullock produces 250 litres of methane a day or enough gas to fill a 44 gallon drum.
"'By replicating this bacteria not only would they [sheep and cattle] not produce such methane, they would actually get something like 10 to 15 per cent more energy out of the feed they are eating,' said Dr Athol Klieve, a senior research scientist with the Queensland Government.
"The announcement has been welcomed by the new Labour government in Canberra which this week signed the Kyoto Protocol, binding Australia to cut its 1990 greenhouse gas output by five per cent by 2012. The Australian government has so far spent over A$1bn in greenhouse gas abatement research."
"Scientists in Queensland say they have isolated special bacteria in the stomach lining of kangaroos which, if replicated in sheep and cattle, would significantly reduce the emission of greenhouse gas and improve the productivity of farms around the world.
"The research team estimates that methane from cattle and sheep accounts for 14 per cent of Australia's total greenhouse gas emission - second only to coal- and gas-powered power stations.
"It has been estimated that the average bullock produces 250 litres of methane a day or enough gas to fill a 44 gallon drum.
"'By replicating this bacteria not only would they [sheep and cattle] not produce such methane, they would actually get something like 10 to 15 per cent more energy out of the feed they are eating,' said Dr Athol Klieve, a senior research scientist with the Queensland Government.
"The announcement has been welcomed by the new Labour government in Canberra which this week signed the Kyoto Protocol, binding Australia to cut its 1990 greenhouse gas output by five per cent by 2012. The Australian government has so far spent over A$1bn in greenhouse gas abatement research."
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Thursday, December 06, 2007 
