Liberal Nutbar Scientists Say Tax Meat to Help Cut Cow Fart Emissions

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

http://www.climatecentral.org/news/scientists-say-tax-meat-to-help-cut-
methane-emissions-16884

Meat should be taxed to encourage people to eat less of it, so reducing
the production of global warming gases from sheep, cattle and goats,
according to a group of scientists.

Several high-profile figures, from the chief of the UN's climate science
panel to the economist Lord Stern, have previously advocated eating less
meat to tackle global warming.

The scientists' analysis, published in the journal Nature Climate Change,
takes the contentious step of suggesting methane emissions be cut by
pushing up the price of meat through a tax or emissions trading scheme.

"Influencing human behavior is one of the most challenging aspects of any
large-scale policy, and it is unlikely that a large-scale dietary change
will happen voluntarily without incentives," they say. "Implementing a tax
or emission trading scheme on livestock's greenhouse gas emissions could
be an economically sound policy that would modify consumer prices and
affect consumption patterns."

There are now 3.6 billion ruminants on the planet � mostly sheep, cattle
and goats and, in much smaller numbers, buffalo � 50 percent more than
half a century ago. Methane from their digestive systems is the single
biggest human-related source of the greenhouse gas, which is more short-
lived but around 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide in warming the
planet.

Emissions from livestock account for 14.5 percent of all human-caused
greenhouse gases, according to the UN. It estimates that this could be cut
by nearly a third through better farming practices.

Pete Smith, a professor of soils and global change at the University of
Aberdeen, and one of the authors of the report, said: "Our study showed
that one of the most effective ways to cut methane is to reduce global
populations of ruminant livestock, especially cattle."

He said methane from livestock could only be reduced by addressing demand
for meat at the same time.

The scientists say not enough attention has been paid to tackling
greenhouse gases other than CO2, especially in the ongoing UN climate
talks, which last convened in Warsaw in November.

The only way the world could avoid dangerous tipping points as
temperatures rise would be by cutting methane emissions as well as CO2
emissions from sources such as energy and transport, they argue. Reducing
livestock numbers, they point out, would also avoid CO2 emissions released
when forests are cleared for cattle farms.

William Ripple, a professor in the College of Forestry at Oregon State
University, and another of the authors, said: "We clearly need to reduce
the burning of fossil fuels to cut CO2 emissions. But that addresses only
part of the problem. We also need to reduce non-CO2 greenhouse gases to
lessen the likelihood of us crossing this climatic threshold."

The farming industry said the tax proposal was too simplistic. Nick Allen,
sector director for Eblex, the organization for beef and lamb producers in
England, said: "To suggest a tax is a better way to cut emissions seems a
simplistic and blunt suggestion that will inevitably see a rise in
consumer prices.

"It is a very complex area. Simply reducing numbers of livestock � as a
move like this would inevitably do � does not improve efficiency of the
rumen process, which takes naturally growing grass that we cannot eat and
turns it into a protein to feed a growing human population."

Allen said reducing emissions was an important goal for the industry. He
added: "Grazing livestock have helped shape and manage the countryside for
hundreds of years. They bring significant environmental benefits that can
significantly mitigate the negative effect of emissions. It is unfortunate
that in recent years they have become an easy scapegoat for emissions,
despite the fact that the livestock population is generally falling."



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[Gunner Asch]

On Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:12:01 +0000 (UTC), "Leroy N. Soetoro"
<leroys...@usurper.org> wrote:

>methane-emissions-16884
>
>Meat should be taxed to encourage people to eat less of it, so reducing
>the production of global warming gases from sheep, cattle and goats,
>according to a group of scientists.

So then those that want people to eat less of it...never heard of
Freedom then.


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