Belching moose add to global warming

[rodeodance]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070822/sc_afp/sciencenorwayclimate;_ylt=AjA9XjwXjpqrC3dYQZbR9.as0NUE


Belching moose add to global warming

Wed Aug 22, 3:12 PM ET

OSLO (AFP) - A grown moose belches out methane gas equivalent to 2,100 kilograms (4,630 pounds) of carbon dioxide a year, contributing to global warming, Norwegian researchers said Wednesday.


That is more than twice the amount of CO2 emitted on a round-trip flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Oslo to the Chilean capital Santiago, according to Scandinavian Airlines.

"An adult moose emits about 100 kilograms of methane gas a year. But methane gas is much stronger than carbon dioxide, so to get the equivalent you have to multiply by 21," professor Odd Harstad at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences told AFP.

With an estimated 140,000 moose roaming Norway's forests, that is a total of of 294,000,000 kilograms of CO2 per year.

[porphyrian]

1. Yeah, we need to focus on moose rather than corporate pollution.

Good shilling, Yahoo!

[zanne]

2. ROFLMAO!

There are no words. (Only belching moose).

[hobbit709]

5. Man doesn't cause global warming

It's those belching and farting ruminants. And how much gas does an elephant produce-that's next.

[kenny blankenship]

3. Yeah, moose and cattle are the problem, not us and our cars and coal burning plants

[VLC]

10. Or the people who eat cattle.

[Jim__]

4. And the flight from Oslo to Santiago takes how long?

So, in a six or seven hour flight, one airplane puts out as much CO2 as a grown moose does in a year. And this tells us what? We should only allow 1 airline flight from Oslo to Santiago per year?

[Labors of Hercules]

7. We should stop eating gassy foods.

[Dr.Phool]

6. I hate meeses to pieces!

Time to build a better moose trap!

[rox63]

8. So what's their answer to global warming - Maalox for moose? n/t

[Botany]

9. Moose are the reason for global warming

[Robbien]

11. Yes it does. And so does all the private planes the politicians use

to fly in separate comfort away from all the common folk.

But of course no one is writing any articles about the pollution caused by the decadence of the elite.

[lazyriver]

12. Let's not forget the many thousands of tourists per year

that drive way out into the woods of Maine and other moose dwelling places hoping to photograph a moose. We should be blaming all the car emissions on the moose too! :sarcasm:

[LiberalEsto]

13. Stop feeding them burritos!

Problem solved.

[Canuckistanian]

14. Moose have been "belching gas" for millions of years

It's the height of anthropomorphic arrogance to suggest that moose are "adding to Global Warming".

It's HUMAN BEINGS that are doing ALL the 'adding'.

[Yog Sothoth]

15. We must kill moose and squirrel

[LiberalEsto]

16. It's "Ve must kill moose & squirrel"

eh, Natasha my dallink?

[Dr.Phool]

17. My dog already took care of squirrel.

You take care of moose.

[wtmusic]

18. The livestock industry is responsible for 18% of GW gases

measured in CO2 equivalent, a higher share than transportation (but don't mention the US cattle industry, AFP, blame it on mooses in Norway).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas