Scientists Stop Cow Farts For Climate Change


	Scientists Stop Cow Farts For Climate Change

bferman

3-22-2007 12:49 AM

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cow farts, science, global warming, climate change, politics

bferman says:

Fantastic! CO2 emissions from cow farts is roughly equal to all man made CO2 emissions combined, so this puts and end to the whole global warming scare... Right?

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