Chewing The Cud

There is a movement making waves this week called, Blog for the Environment Day. Bloggers across the globe are putting in their two cents on the environment and ways to live more green. Speaking of that, did you know Al Gore received a Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the environment? The man uses more electricity in his mansion than I do in an entire year!

Don't let me get off the subject.

As a cattle producer, I care about the livestock and the land that I work with. It seems everytime I go somewhere, I hear the ridiculous claims that cattle are the source of global warming! Have you ever seen smog over a cattle farm?

Now I could spout off all the facts.

The number one source of carbon dioxide and methane (greenhouse gasses) are the combustion of fossil fuels in transportation and landfills. However, methane gas from ruminants contributes a measly 2.4% of methane gasses, and that's a stretch.

Or we could use common sense.

Where does most pollution occur? In the wide open spaces of the countryside, or in the condensed population of a busy city? So the next time you bite into that steak, feel no guilt. You could probably consider selling that gas guzzling SUV though...