COWS BELCH METHANE; SO WHAT?

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

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

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 …

The Methane Cycle

CO2 Levels in New Zealand

No cow, sheep, pig or goat has ever managed to create carbon out of nothing. They produce products by taking carbon out of the air which is then stored in the bones of growing children, in wool for carpets and leather for furniture and clothing. No evidence exists anywhere in the world that methane fromContinue Reading …