http://revmodo.com/2012/07/16/laser-beams-used-to-analyze-cow-farts-in-australia/ Covering the clean energy industry Sun, 04 Nov 2012 07:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://revmodo.com/2012/07/16/laser-beams-used-to-analyze-cow-farts-in-australia/#comment-535 isolate Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:26:00 +0000 http://revmodo.com/?p=4856#comment-535 I wish the people who write these articles would understand the difference between foregut-fermenting grazers like cattle and hindgut-fermenting grazers like horses. As the illustration plainly indicates, foregut fermentation produces methane from the mouth; hindgut fermentation from the rear. This sophomoric focus on "cattle farts" is inaccurate and misleading and tends to trivialize a very important component of climate change. I wish the people who write these articles would understand the difference between foregut-fermenting grazers like cattle and hindgut-fermenting grazers like horses. As the illustration plainly indicates, foregut fermentation produces methane from the mouth; hindgut fermentation from the rear. This sophomoric focus on “cattle farts” is inaccurate and misleading and tends to trivialize a very important component of climate change.

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