branwenjeffreys, bbc news, bradford. cows belch huge amounts of methane which causes global warming but the problem can be massively reduced with just a pinch of dried seaweed in their feed, as paul murphy reports. as they munch through their winter feed, these lincoln reds are blissfully unaware of the consequences. it is mainly when they burp that the planet gets more unwanted methane. a lot of people don t realise that methane is 85 times more harmful than c02, and a cow burps enough methane each year equivalent to a car. methane levels in our atmosphere, seen here in red, are increasing by 1% every year. the gas absorbs heat from the sun and that causes global warming. luke has been working with scientists in scotland to develop a special type of seaweed that reacts in a cow s stomach to reduce emissions. it is creating huge interest
cows emit huge amounts of methane, which causes global warming but the problem can be massively reduced with just a pinch of dried seaweed in their feed. paul murphy has been down on the farm in lincolnshire to find out more. as they munch through their winter feed, these lincoln reds are blissfully unaware of the consequences. it is mainly when they burp that the planet gets more unwanted methane. a lot of people don t realise that methane is 85 times more harmful than co2, and a cow burps enough methane each year equivalent to a car. methane levels in our atmosphere, seen here in red, are increasing by 1% every year. the gas absorbs heat from the sun and that causes global warming. luke has been working with scientists in scotland to develop a special type of seaweed that reacts in a cow s stomach to reduce emissions.
into taxing cow burps. todd: and? will: cow farts toad todd thank you. will: methane emissions account for 50% of new zealand carbon emissions. in order to reduce the level of methane emissions they are looking to tax cow emissions. reducing number of livestock in count of head out there. so in other words reducing your access to meat. this plays in the world economic forum s open policy. rachel: yes. will: this is not conspiratorial. this is right there. to push people down the food ladder. consume less meat. east bugs. this is all out there. well, when you wake up this morning there is further, like, you can t deny this is an open movement. look at the cnn headline. our pets are part of the climate problem. these tips can help you minimize their carbon paw prints. then it goes on to say, their meat heavy diet is the biggest
has different metrics than carbon and methane is what they are taxing by cow burps and far it s and parts. that is a short-lived between 9 and 11 years. if you have a certain number of animals and 9 to 11 years time those animals, you are not adding to warming, you are still sitting at the same as 11 years ago. we think it is ridiculous. todd: you can t measure car cow burps or far it s, you measure the livestock. you are reducing the numbers of livestock under the care of your farmers. i can t help but separate this from the world economic forums move to reduce the amount of meat that we eat. this story is directly tied to the push to have us eating bugs
in the service of reducing methane. it is hard to believe what the solution might be. what they are asking is 20% reduction, beef and lamb farming and 6% reduction in dairy farming. it has nothing to do with the gas, they decided how much livestock they want to deliver to the system and the loss of food security and the fact the price of food is going to go up is a big concern. todd: the livelihood of farmers all on the line to reduce cow burps. wish you the best of luck in your protest and thank you for jumping on fox and friends with us this morning. thank you very much. todd: a record year at the border, not a celebratory record.