Well, who could have guessed? According to Sir David King, a British Chief Scientist, NZ can affect climate change. And why? Well ...
The annoying thing with all this is that NZ will be treated as the climate change guinea pig for agricultural control for the world and NZ'ers will buy into this by feeling pride that we will then become "world leaders". No wonder pride is considered the main sin of the the seven deadly sins.
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NZ's reliance on agriculture puts the country in a position to influence the global management of greenhouse gas emissions... Nearly half of NZ's total carbon emissions are produced by agriculture, predominantly methane from animals and nitrous oxide from soils and fertilisers.Yes, NZ has a lot of farms, and animals, and soil ...
... though that fact posed challenges for NZ, it also offered potential solutions... NZ needed to develop a method that enabled its livestock to exist in an environment where emissions could be reduced too ... "That solution could then be exported to other countries."So, there you have it. NZ farms are a problem. But, if we work out a way to control the farms and their output that is palatable to the general public, then we can export that control method to other countries who will go: Look, NZ's done this. For climate change we must do whatever we can, otherwise the planet is dooooooommmmmeeeddd!!!!!!
The annoying thing with all this is that NZ will be treated as the climate change guinea pig for agricultural control for the world and NZ'ers will buy into this by feeling pride that we will then become "world leaders". No wonder pride is considered the main sin of the the seven deadly sins.
Related Link: NZ can affect climate change ~ Stuff
Well, take away the farms, take away the food, everyone dies, zero emissions from man, right.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah I'm sure New Zealand can do a lot, we can all to a lot, the question is, will it make any difference.
Of course not. Even if you do subscribe to this man-made global warming nonsense how can New Zealand possibly make a difference? Sure, we could offer up our economy as cannon fodder to apease Al Gore, but what will it achieve?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, the only way to make cattle emit less would be through genetic engineering, but of course, thats off the table.
zero point zero one percent of global emissions.
ReplyDelete0.01%!
Yeah, we can make a huuuuge difference.
Does this hot air buffoon Sir David King have a gas emission meter on his stupid pommy gob ?
ReplyDeleteWhy should he have one unless you have one?
ReplyDeleteSee you're still gdoing yopur besy tom spread god's love
LET'S BE BLUNT!
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone really think farm animals (beef and dairy cattle, sheep) can significantly reduce their CH4, CO2 emmisions while maintaining healthy growth and profitable protein output?
Does anyone really think this radical goal can be acheived without equally serious science, i.e. genetic modification?
That's what we can export: Genetically Modified low CO2 dairy cows.
But we won't do that will we! We have both hands tied.
Thus, we won't be making any significant global contribution beyond puddling around with soil and grass cultivars. All low-tech and all easily copied by competitors.
(note what happens to our apple cultivars)
You post illustrates what sensible environmentalists have been saying for years, that New Zealand is in a prime position to become leaders in eco-friendly technologies. We have the right level of technological sophistication and social development to make a difference on an international level, all while strengthening our economy. Hardly an idiotic position to take as the tag line on this article would suggest.
ReplyDeleteWe're talking agriculture not Windflow technologies!
ReplyDeleteHow do you alter the metabolism of a dairy bovine to significantly reduce CO2 emissions?
Who's gonna fund all that research and you've got to acheive it without resorting to GE.
Oh, I know let' make them organic!
We'd do better to wean ourselves off our agricultural dependency and grow up rather than persisting as a nation of real estate agents, state employees, baristas, and foreign product sales reps!
I was going to reply, but I got lazy and decided to let NRT do it for me..
ReplyDeletehttp://norightturn.blogspot.com/2007/06/climate-change-dealing-with-sacred-cows.html