Having been subjected to a phone survey about agriculture and global warming I thought we could conduct our own survey. The question is …Do you think emissions of methane from livestock contribute to global warming? This will be on the website until the 7th July and you can make your comments in the comments box,Continue Reading …
Meat and Dairy under threat from misinformation
June 21, 2009
A study initiated by Fonterra has assessed the carbon footprint of every litre of milk it processes at 940 grams of CO2 equivalent. 85 % of these emissions are produced on farm, mostly as methane and nitrous oxide. All carbon footprint calculations assume livestock emissions are greenhouse gases in the same way fossil fuel emissionsContinue Reading …
Save the planet from bimbos and celebrities
June 13, 2009
Environmental groups like Greenpeace and now PETA are using celebrities and bimbos to advance their causes. If you judge it on the fact that they get TV coverage then it works. Here I was thinking a sound argument, logic and factual evidence would do it.What we need are volunteers to dress up in something scantyContinue Reading …
Cheap bio fuel subsidised by farmers
June 5, 2009
Friday 5th June is World Environment Day. Gull is celebrating by discounting its bio fuel. This bio fuel is made from ethanol sourced from milk and sold by Fonterra. The assumption that bio fuel is good for the environment is that the carbon emissions from it do not add to the store of carbonContinue Reading …
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