Methane Gushes While Politicians Backtrack On Cows

I remember how surprised and amused I was when I first heard that cows farting were causing climate change. Actually cows were releasing methane from both ends and it was, and is apparently, affecting our upper atmosphere and may be helping to destroy the environment humans need to survive. It seemed quite ridicuous but when you take into account the number of cattle and sheep in the world and the quantity of methane they produce each day the numbers do appear significant.

So, when I heard that government ministers were supporting a proposal that we should have fewer cows and sheep and we should all eat less meat which would reduce our intake of saturated fats, it all made a lot of sense. At least, it did until the ministry of agriculture heard what was going on. They reacted rather forcefully stating that farmers and the meat industry would not agree. Really? The meat industry would oppose us all being healthier and improving the climate? Now there’s a strange thing.

Suddenly all the other supporters in government started to backtrack on cows and this time the methane was pouring out of the mouths of Ministers in their eagerness to deny they actually supported the idea. It seems the votes of farmers and the meat industry matter far more than the health of the nation and the planet.

I guess it was hoping for a lot to think that any member of parliament would put the health of the nation and the climate before getting votes. Silly me for thinking they might.

Making Noise During Sex Can Be Illegal

We all prefer quiet neighbors who cause no trouble. Most neighbors are good and we get on well. Sometimes they make a bit of noise but you have to have a bit of give and take because sometimes we do things that might be annoying for other people.

Some people go to extremes and a woman in Washington on Wearside got an ASBO earlier this year because she made so much noise during lovemaking. She has just lost an appeal that claimed it was a breach of her human rights to deny her the opportunity to express her personality whilst making love.

She now faces a trial for breaching the ASBO and making a breach of the peace for her noisy behavior since the order was put in place.

I have every sympathy for the neighbors but this does seem ridiculous. I would have thought that advice about making the bedroom more soundproof might have been a better use of the authorities time than to spend it putting this lady through the embarrassment of an ASBO and now court cases.

Presumably there is the possibility of a custodial sentence if you breach an asbo and the idea of sending someone to jail for being noisy when they make love is too ludicrous for words. I hope they find a solution that allows her to enjoy her fun and her neighbors to sleep peacefully.