Racefish’s Weblog

Now it’s getting ridiculous. The Estonians are putting a tax on cow farts. Yes, it’s true.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20080508/106906451.html?haha

Consider the fact that if this were to happen here, the price of beef would go up and the number of cattle would drop. I think it’s a little discriminatory since they aren’t taxing other ruminants. How many deer, water buffalo, bison, and oter grass munchers contribute to the “methane problem”?

Scientifically, we know that swamps contribute the bulk of methane to the atmosphere. Will Al Gore call for the eradication of swamps and ruminants to combat the problem of global warming? I would think not.

Anthony Watts has a blog that quotes the study of Dr. Roy Spencer that casts doubts on the dogma of “Anthropogenic Global Warming”. Dr. Spencer has a lot of data to back up his statements as opposed to the “theory” that many deem holy.