Tragedy of the commons

Why Denmark Will Have a Burp Tax

Methane emissions are trending upwards: Because methane is much more potent than CO2, we can be especially concerned with cow burps. At an estimated burp a minute (or perhaps every 90 seconds), cows propel methane into the air. This is how: But there are several ways to reduce the gases that cows produce. Breeding Methane-efficiency .One of the cows in our featured image, Hilda emits less methane when she burps. Through the Cool Cow project, researchers in Scotland used IVF to produce Hilda as a methane-efficient cow. ….[READ]