Holy cow! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 15, 2022, 05:40:09 pm
content: https://www.zelp.co/

author: Bud
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 15, 2022, 06:15:43 pm
content: QuoteWell this is a relief, i was thinking they would stick that methane neutralizing device in the poor creature's backside. Which is arguably the best location from efficiency perspective

author: ledtester
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 15, 2022, 06:17:46 pm
content: This is what it looks like:from:https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cow-burp-methane-climate-change-174110127.html

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 15, 2022, 06:19:58 pm
content: Who would have thought mask mandates would be coming for cows too?

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 15, 2022, 06:24:05 pm
content: Quote from: Bud on May 15, 2022, 06:15:43 pmActually no, they've got it right. The methane comes out of the front end. It's the normal slightly noxious, but low environmental impact gasses that come out of the rear!

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 15, 2022, 10:48:22 pm
content: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/new-face-mask-cows-tackle-7009186QuoteWell it's good it is admitted that CGI was used in one article but on the website not impressed.Now I wonder how the cow would feel wearing that thing all day?

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 15, 2022, 11:20:31 pm
content: Quote from: MrMobodies on May 15, 2022, 10:48:22 pmDo they care?How did you feel wearing a mask all day? =)

author: MrMobodies
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 16, 2022, 08:06:45 am
content: Quote from: SiliconWizard on May 15, 2022, 11:20:31 pmObviously they may not care.I do have a medical condition where I can register to be exempt if I wanted to but for my own sake I wear a mask if it is busy and people are just coughing/sneezing all over the place, walking into my like I am ghost where they are on their phones whilst pushing the trolley and not paying attention to where they are going.I am fortunate that I don't have to go into town centers or busy places and during the lockdown.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 16, 2022, 04:27:58 pm
content: By "they" I meant the above startup, not the cows. I realize my reply may have been ambiguous.It's just yet another startup jumping on the climate shit bandwagon. But when you see this, you can't help but wonder how twisted our world is becoming. Is this the world we want to live in?

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 16, 2022, 04:53:14 pm
content: how about we breed less cows ? if reduce two worlds cow population by 50%....We hold one last mass barbeque , then switch to chickens.

author: AVGresponding
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 16, 2022, 05:05:08 pm
content: Here's an unhelpful pie chart, since it appears to not be adjusted to a per-tonne of meat produced, and just an absolute figure:Source:https://businesswales.gov.wales/farmingconnect/news-and-events/technical-articles/part-1-greenhouse-gas-emissions-environmental-impacts-poultry-industryThere are other projects to reduce cattle emissions, including genetically manipulating both cattle and fodder, and also the cattle gut biome.Cutting down on food waste might be a good first step, in the developed world.