We are all concerned about climate change .Throughout the history of our planet there have been various climatic changes, understanding under this concept «the change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns during a prolonged period of time.”These were caused by external factors such as the impact of meteorites, solar variations or orbital variations or by internal factors , including continental drift, atmospheric composition, etc.Currently, human activity has become a very important global warming factor and therefore of climate change and the flatulence of cows have to do with it.
The flatulence of cows: a serious problem that will no longer be
Among human activities that affect climate change is the livestock activity and the increase in livestock bovine production for the production of meat, milk and other derivatives.FAO's 2006 report is devastating: livestock activity pollutes more than the transport sector.Among other elements of this industry that threaten the environment, cows expelling gases (flatulence, farts) release methane , which is not only dangerous because it is highly flammable, but is also extremely polluting. Methane, one of the compounds that contribute most to the greenhouse effect and livestock flatulence accounts for 14% of the total emissions of this gas.

In 2013, a curious investigation carried out carried out by Argentine scientists, it showed that the energetic power of the flatulence of cattle was such that collected could conveniently transform and n bio-fuel and power a refrigerator, generate light and even move the engine of a car.But the difficulties in redirecting methane emissions from cattle are many and other solutions are being sought.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in the US have managed to demonstrate that these methane emissions through flatulence can be reduced by 30% .The solution is relatively easy, since it is that together with the food, the cows ingested a methane inhibitor called 3NOP (3 nitrooxypropanol).This inhibitor acts directly on the gas but has no consequences neither in the production nor in the quality of the milk of the cows.

The experiment lasted 12 weeks, but the scientists observed that the mitigating effect of methane was prolonged in the time.Now, are waiting for this methane inhibition system to be approved of the flatulence of cows with which it would be possible to substantially reduce the emission of greenhouse gases that produce the ruminants.
Did you know that the flatulence of cows was so harmful to the environment? Do you think this methane gas inhibitor was approved?
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