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LiberalNation
08-23-2007, 08:20 AM
LMAO, kill the moose, save the planet.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070822/sc_afp/sciencenorwayclimate;_ylt=AoTtUH918.3et3SO9X5.HncD W7oF

OSLO (AFP) - A grown moose belches out methane gas equivalent to 2,100 kilograms (4,630 pounds) of carbon dioxide a year, contributing to global warming, Norwegian researchers said Wednesday.

That is more than twice the amount of CO2 emitted on a round-trip flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Oslo to the Chilean capital Santiago, according to Scandinavian Airlines.

"An adult moose emits about 100 kilograms of methane gas a year. But methane gas is much stronger than carbon dioxide, so to get the equivalent you have to multiply by 21," professor Odd Harstad at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences told AFP.

With an estimated 140,000 moose roaming Norway's forests, that is a total of of 294,000,000 kilograms of CO2 per year.

But Harstad said that was no reason to begin killing off the entire moose population.

"Moose have very important functions in nature. They are ruminants that eat the grass. If we don't have ruminants, we have too much grass and that changes the landscape and has consequences for the flora and fauna," he said.

Harstad said the figure of 100 kilograms of methane gas was a rough estimate based on earlier calculations for beef cows in Norway.

As is the case with cows and other ruminants, methane is produced from the microbes in the moose's stomach which help break down the roughage they eat.

Because methane gas is stronger than carbon dioxide, it is considered even more harmful to the environment. Both methane and carbon dioxide are so-called greenhouses gases, one of the main causes of global warming.

gabosaurus
08-23-2007, 10:46 PM
If one moose produces that much, can you imagine the quantity of gas that emanates for the U.S. Congress during the average session? The mind boggles...

No1tovote4
08-23-2007, 11:14 PM
Moose bytes can be nasti!

stephanie
08-23-2007, 11:27 PM
Moose bytes can be nasti!

Moose kicks can be deadly..
Hitting a moose in a car can be deadly..

But a gosh darn moose belch...
As P.T. Barnum said...:coffee:

nevadamedic
08-23-2007, 11:31 PM
If one moose produces that much, can you imagine the quantity of gas that emanates for the U.S. Congress during the average session? The mind boggles...

:slap:

nevadamedic
08-23-2007, 11:31 PM
Moose kicks can be deadly..
Hitting a moose in a car can be deadly..

But a gosh darn moose belch...
As P.T. Barnum said...:coffee:

:laugh2::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2::laugh2:

stephanie
08-23-2007, 11:48 PM
Oh...and I should add...

As P.T. Barnum said and Al Bore thinks....

There's a sucker born every....was it three minutes or every minute....I forget...

But it is OH SO TRUE.....:coffee:

avatar4321
08-24-2007, 05:16 PM
If one moose produces that much, can you imagine the quantity of gas that emanates for the U.S. Congress during the average session? The mind boggles...

Imagine how much gas we could decrease by reelected Republicans into Congress:)

NightTrain
08-25-2007, 09:08 AM
No worries, everyone, both Stephanie and I are doing our part to kill as many moose as possible here in Alaska.

Just doing our part.:salute:

Gaffer
08-25-2007, 09:47 AM
The moose must be eliminated. Like man they are a threat to the planet. After all the planet is much more important than moose or men.