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Thursday, August 04, 2005

pseudo-science bigotry: cow gases pollute air?

"Every year, the average dairy cow produces 19.3 pounds of gases, called volatile organic compounds, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District said. Those gases react with other pollutants to form ground-level ozone, or smog......"This is not some arcane dispute about cow gases," said Brent Newell, an attorney for the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment. "We are talking about a public health crisis. It's not funny to joke about cow burps and farts when one in six children in Fresno schools is carrying an inhaler."" according to a LA Times report.

I have to say, to compare cow gas with truck/car smog is stupid. And comparing "organic waste" is the wrong measure. Car/truck produces inorganic waste, which are a lot more detrimental. how much of these 19.3 pounds of organic gases "react" with smog? if it is only 1%, then it means 0.193 pounds are effective. OTOH, I can assure you all cow gases are fully biodegrable, otherwise you would have found fossils of these gases.

What about human gases? There are 13 Millions people in LA areas, should everyone put on a gas-maske on the rear?

What the f*#@ does this attorney know about science? Bigotry at its new height.

2 Comments:

At 5:16 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is a big thing in the news for the last few days because of
research being conducted by US davis


Pollution generated by industrial farming is still industrial pollution, even if it comes from animals. The problem here is people jumping to conclusions before the study is even complete. Knocking the legislation is one thing, on the other hand knocking the science is really unwarranted.

 
At 9:39 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Things get ridiculous once psedo-science tries to pretend to be science.

The reality is that people failed to understand that difference between gases created in nature (in this case, an animal) and artificial chemicals.

There are many "smog-causing compounds". Some will decompose and be gone in a few hours. Some stays. These people got things totally messed up, and their brains as well.

 

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