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.