back when dan quayle suggested a tax on farmers for cow produced methane, was that a "per belch" tax?

Answer 1

Dan Quayle is an idiot. He's the one who went into an elementary classroom and told one of the kids s/he spelled potato wrong. He told the poor kid that it should have an 'e' at the end! I wouldn't listen to anything this guy proposed.

Answer 2

These poor cows are getting a hard time of late, it's not their fault they fart so much.

It's true that they do produce a lot of methane (almost one fifth of all human induced emissions) but I think the last thing farmers need is yet another mass of red tape to contend with.

I've no idea how they'd be taxed. maybe attach some sort of fartometer over their rear ends and mouths to measure the amount of methane produced.

If it's necessary to increase revenue then why not tax politicians on each stupid idea they come up with, just think how much moeny would be raised.

Answer 3

LOL...well sure why not, we could always hire people to sit in a cow pasture and count belches, get a good average number and tax accordingly. However, coming from South Florida where cows and the environment were at odds for many years I have to say that people really need to not blame animals for global warming...this is a human caused issue.

Answer 4

I don't think that would be "per belch". I believe the methane comes out the other end.

Answer 5

yes it was 2 cents a belch but they figured it would break the cattle industry.
The raising of cattle causes more global warming than all of the car emmissions on the planet.
Over 80% of the dry tropical forests from northern Costa Rica to Mexico have been cut down. Areas of this size and larger have been cut down throughout the world including the Amazon, Indonesia, the Congo and other rain forests. The temperature after removing the rain forest has risen dramatically in these large tracts of land. The weather pattern also changes from this deforestation in each locality and they become drier. When these huge areas have their trees removed, erosion dumps millions of tons of sediment into the rivers that flow into the oceans. This sediment slowly suffocates the polyps of the precious coral reefs in the tropics.
What is the main reason for cutting these rain forests down? The main reason is to make room to raise cattle, not logging as many people think. With logging they generally cut down large hardwoods. To raise cow meat they cut down everything. In Central America much of the beef is exported to the United States. What can the average person do? eat soy, legumes and nuts as a protein source. This is a better way to practice sustainability. If the beef is grown in the United States sorry that isn't sustainable either. A person who eats cow meat (beef) as their main protein source requires about 20 acres of land each year and over 2000 gallons of precious water to raise that steer for protein. That is not sustainability. A person eating soy for their main source of protein only requires one acre of land and about 40 gallons of water each year to grow it. Also, soy doesn't add millions of tons of methane gas each year to our atmosphere. it actually absorbs co2. cows do produce over 100 million tons of global warming methane gas in the U.S. alone. Cattle excrement also is adding to major pollution problems in our water systems today. Stop eating beef! Or if you absolutely can't stop eating beef, cut back to once a week or once a month. if you must eat a meat chicken is much less destructive to the environment than beef, here in the tropics. Besides, refraining from eating beef is healthier in the long run.
If you want to take responsibility in helping save our planet from global warming, deforestation of the rain forests, dying coral reefs there are many other eating alternatives. please, eat to live, don't live to eat.
For our children's sake and the sake of the rain forests, coral reefs and the entire planet we need to step up and do something other than practice over indulgence. Cavemen had to hunt to get their protein and that was ok. Then we started raising animals to get our protein and that was needed. Now we know how to get all of the protein we need from plants. So it is time to evolve another step and stop the senseless cruelty to raising animals for food and also help control global warming and its effects at the same time.
henry
rainforest guide in costa rica, co-founder of the birding club of costa rica and past curator of zoo ave, largest breeding and release center of endangered birds and animals in central and south america