Sorry guys...Your time has come.

[MrLabGuy]

The poor old Scandinavian moose is now being blamed for climate change, with researchers in Norway claiming that a grown moose can produce 2,100 kilos of methane a year -- equivalent to the CO2 output resulting from a 13,000 kilometer car journey.





Now poor moose are being blamed for global warming.


Norway is concerned that its national animal, the moose, is harming the climate by emitting an estimated 2,100 kilos of carbon dioxide a year through its belching and farting.
Norwegian newspapers, citing research from Norway's technical university, said a motorist would have to drive 13,000 kilometers in a car to emit as much CO2 as a moose does in a year.
Bacteria in a moose's stomach create methane gas which is considered even more destructive to the environment than carbon dioxide gas. Cows pose the same problem (more...).
Norway has some 120,000 moose but an estimated 35,000 are expected to be killed in this year's moose hunting season, which starts on September 25, Norwegian newspaper VG reported.

I just want to know who was responsible for measuring the Moose farts?

[WhiteWhip]

2100 kilos a year...thats nothing. I had better watch my back

[Quicksilver]

What about cows???

It has been estimated that 9 to 12% of the energy that a cow consumes is turned to methane that is released either through flatulence or burping (Radford, 2001). A huge number of factors affect methane emission, including diet, barn conditions and whether the cow is lactating, but an average cow in a barn produce 542 liters of methane a day, and 600 liters when out in a field (Adam, 2000).

These estimates were made using a trace gas (sulphur hexofluoride) that was released at known points within a barn containing 90 cattle. Levels of this trace gas and CO2 are then measured 30 metres downwind of the shed and thus they can estimate how much CO2 is released per cow per day. All this methane can add up to a significant amount. Australia's 140 million sheep and cattle are estimated to produce one seventh of the nation's total greenhouse gas emissions, whilst America's 100 million cattle also are major contributors (Major, 2000).

http://rucus.ru.ac.za/~wolfman/Essays/Cow.html

[MrLabGuy]

Originally Posted by Quicksilver

What about cows???

It has been estimated that 9 to 12% of the energy that a cow consumes is turned to methane that is released either through flatulence or burping (Radford, 2001). A huge number of factors affect methane emission, including diet, barn conditions and whether the cow is lactating, but an average cow in a barn produce 542 liters of methane a day, and 600 liters when out in a field (Adam, 2000).

These estimates were made using a trace gas (sulphur hexofluoride) that was released at known points within a barn containing 90 cattle. Levels of this trace gas and CO2 are then measured 30 metres downwind of the shed and thus they can estimate how much CO2 is released per cow per day. All this methane can add up to a significant amount. Australia's 140 million sheep and cattle are estimated to produce one seventh of the nation's total greenhouse gas emissions, whilst America's 100 million cattle also are major contributors (Major, 2000).

http://rucus.ru.ac.za/~wolfman/Essays/Cow.html

Think Green...We can always fit them with Cattleytic Converters.

Mooselytic Converter doesn't sound as funny.

[Lambeau]

Could you imagine how much a herd of Brontosaurus produced? Wonder what the ill effects were back in the day... At least there weren't liberals bitching about it then!

[blondboinsd]

Mmmm Moose Fur!!!!!! :P

[Michelle]

STOP PICKING ON MY COWS!!

Originally Posted by Lambeau

Could you imagine how much a herd of Brontosaurus produced? Wonder what the ill effects were back in the day... At least there weren't liberals bitching about it then!

[Wagner]

Al Gore measures moose farts every 2nd Tuesday of the month.

[Thunder22]

Originally Posted by Wagner

Al Gore measures moose farts every 2nd Tuesday of the month.

and owns a herd of 300 :p