Who is the greatest Environmentalist in history?
First let us give some facts from some green sites.
1. Bovine Flatulation creates 200-300 gallons of methane per day per cow.
2. Methane is 23 times more dangerous then CO2 as a greenhouse gas.
3. Dairy Industry has 9 mil cows and says if they reduce the methane 25% it will equal removing 1.25mil cars from the road for a year.
4. There are a total of 95 mil cows in the US total and if we reduce the methane 25% it will equal removing 13 mil cars from the road for a year.
Now let us add some historic facts.
1. In the 1860s there were an estimated 70 million Bison roaming the Great Plains and now there are 350000. A loss of 99.5%
2. Bison are twice the size of a cow and have 4 stomachs which helps produce more then twice the amount of methane then a cow. For our discussion we will say 600 gallons of methane per day per bison.
3. If removing 25% of 95 mil would be 13 mil cars per years, math would give us...600 gallons...70 million... 100% removed...or 76 mil cars per year.
4. Since it was done 150 years ago we get to multiply 76 mil cars per year by 150 years leaving, 11.4 billion car years.
The greatest environmentalist in history was Buffalo Bill Cody and his fellow buffalo hunters. Without them the world would be a very different place
Monday, October 26, 2009
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