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New Zealand wants to tax farmers for their cows’ burps and farts
Only with a five million human population, there are about 10 million cattle and 26 million sheep in New Zealand. In fact, agriculture represents half of the country’s total emissions, over 90% of which is the biogenetic emission of methane. When cows burp, they release bursts of gas that are full of methane, a greenhouse gas that traps heat from the sun more than 20 times as efficiently as carbon dioxide. Now, the NZ government is proposing to tax farmers on their livestock’s emissions like burps and farts. They say their intention is not just to make farmers pay taxes but to incentivize them to take action to reduce methane emissions so that they can improve productivity and profitability. In fact, some researchers are already working on a probiotic method to reduce methane-emitting burps. Will New Zealand lead the world to reduce methane emissions to tackle global warming? Will farmers buy this idea?
Enjoy reading the article about an attempt to reduce burps and farts.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/11/asia/new-zealand-farmers-cow-sheep-burps-climate-intl-scn/index.html
New Zealand wants to tax farmers for their cows’ burps and farts
Only with a five million human population, there are about 10 million cattle and 26 million sheep in New Zealand. In fact, agriculture represents half of the country’s total emissions, over 90% of which is the biogenetic emission of methane. When cows burp, they release bursts of gas that are full of methane, a greenhouse gas that traps heat from the sun more than 20 times as efficiently as carbon dioxide. Now, the NZ government is proposing to tax farmers on their livestock’s emissions like burps and farts. They say their intention is not just to make farmers pay taxes but to incentivize them to take action to reduce methane emissions so that they can improve productivity and profitability. In fact, some researchers are already working on a probiotic method to reduce methane-emitting burps. Will New Zealand lead the world to reduce methane emissions to tackle global warming? Will farmers buy this idea?
Enjoy reading the article about an attempt to reduce burps and farts.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/11/asia/new-zealand-farmers-cow-sheep-burps-climate-intl-scn/index.html
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