To Whom It May Concern It has been reported that agriculture is responsible for 50% of greenhouse gas emissions. What has not been reported is what percentage of NZ’s greenhouse gases are removed from the atmosphere by pastoral farming. Any carbon emissions tax charged or credit given should be on the net balance of anContinue Reading …
COWS BELCH METHANE; SO WHAT?
February 17, 2009
The game in town seems to be to bash the poor old ruminant for threatening the survival of the planet by belching methane into an overloaded and polluted atmosphere that is on the brink of total collapse under the weight of all this carbon. It is reported that carbon has reached the staggering proportion ofContinue Reading …
Good hard working salt of the earth NZers do not deserve these attacks
February 17, 2009
I have just spent four hours with a lovely couple in their early 60’s who have had only two days away from their dairy farm in eight years. They work hard for every cent they have ever earned; they have a mortgage to pay and bills each month, mud in the winter, drought in theContinue Reading …
Believe in Santa Claus not man-made global warming
February 17, 2009
The special select committee to review the Emission Trading Scheme is not something to get excited about. John Key has said that we will have an emission trading scheme regardless of what the committee recommends. Peter Dunne the Chairman has stated the science that proves anthropogenic global warming is overwhelming. For that reason he saysContinue Reading …
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