I was moreso making a reference to how they'll get Joe Blow with a PhD in Poultry Science to give a rebuttal on why mankind is ruining the world-wide temperature as a whole, causing his chicken farm to run a-fowl.
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On that note, I do recall seeing a magazine article stating that cows currently are a more relevant factor upon the environment than most man-made contributions. One cow is capable of producing several quarts of methane gas per day. Considering the demand for beef and dairy products, that's a considerable amount of methane. I guess copious amounts of methane is bad...?
Now, I don't have a doctorate in environmental studies so I don't know how accurate this is. The only magazines I read are the more credible ones such as Smithsonian, Scientific American, Consumer Reports and National Geographic, so I doubt the cow article came from a wild source out of left field. I just don't remember which magazine it was specifically, as it was maybe three or four years ago.
It's an interesting theory, at any rate, even though blame is being assigned through a sort of trickle-down process: America loves milk and beef; the cattle industry rises to the demand; the growing cow population pumps methane into the atmosphere; Earth suffers for our gluttony.
If there's any truth to this, I guess I'm doing my part by eating more fish, chicken and pasta than beef (only because these foods are often cheaper; frugality saves the day!)
Also, I fart indoors where the walls and furniture absorb most of the gas.
There's nowhere I can't reach.