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Old 08-24-2010, 05:28 PM  
Ethersync
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Originally Posted by Bill8 View Post
Cow methane does not come from fossil or stored carbon. Cows eat biomass and convert some of it to methane - but that biomass was already part of the current carbon cycle, so it doesn't add anything to the total of greenhouse gasses.
Tell that to the European countries that are taxing farmers for the methane produced by their cows.
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