Kangaroo farts 'could fight global warming'

[Jolly Roger]

I was alerted to this by a colleague down under. Funny and scientifically interesting....

Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, researchers say.

Thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo flatulence contains no methane and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle and sheep who emit large quantities of the harmful gas.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=332977

[Zeuslax]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7126973.stm

Well, I guess it's just a hot news day for flatulence!

[Dan Wishengrad]

C'mon everyone -- somebody needs to accuse me of contributing Water Cooler-flatulence here and being a hypocritical "Greenie"!

[Zeuslax]

C'mon everyone -- somebody needs to accuse me of contributing Water Cooler-flatulence here and being a hypocritical "Greenie"!

Dan, just think of all of the wasted electrons due to posts in the water cooler alone.