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Estonia’s Tax on Cows’ Wind

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Finally, people are starting to see sense. For the environment, Estonian farmers are being taxed on their cows’, erm, flatulence. Or to put it bluntly, farting and burping now comes at a price. This Russian news site quite rightly states, “A single cow produces on average 350 litres of methane and 1,500 litres of carbon dioxide per day.” Now other countries need to follow in Estonia’s footsteps, and then go that one step further – tax all meat.

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posted by Mike Harmon on May 16th, 2008 at 4:00 am

I came across your blog on Technorati. Nice site layout. I will stop by and read more soon.

Mike Harmon

http://www.basicaccountingblog.com

posted by B. Julian on May 16th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

I want to quote something from Fish & Chimps: Re. “760 million tons of grain are fed to farm animals” (7 times as for biofuel) - is that per year, world-wide? Thanks for clarification, BJ.

http://www.animalit.ca

posted by Alexia on May 20th, 2008 at 3:59 pm

Hey B. Julian,

That figure is a UN stat from April and refers to the world for a year.

Cheers!

http://www.peta.org.uk

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