Comments on: Wallabies Could Solve Global Cow Methane Problem

By: lui

lui — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 01:34:00 +0000

glass is half empty I take it?

By: Michaelt337

Michaelt337 — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:17:00 +0000

disgusting! one problem to cover another? what testing are the going/have to put wallabies and cows through. The point is beef and dairy are overproduced and over consumed products of the U.S. so I never accredit the cows for the pollution! We are to blame! The meat and dairy industry account for over 50% of pollution as it stands! thats more than all vehicles(cars truck planes boats, etc.) produce. so instead of trying to cover up a problem with another maybe we could take a look at our own diets.
this is not a slolution

Thank you

By: Denis Byrne

Denis Byrne — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:05:00 +0000

Poor cows again, just let them eat their food

By: Jake Marion

Jake Marion — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:47:00 +0000

I would like to see a study of methane emissions from grass-fed cows (reportedlt producers of healthier beef) as compared to corn-fed cows (most common feed-lot staple).
According to some, cows should be eating grasses (dandelion, clover, yarrow, timothy).
If cows are lesss gassy on a grass diet and produce healthier beef, it would be wise to feed them that way.

By: Cindyvdz

Cindyvdz — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:38:00 +0000

why not just feed the cows what they were designed to eat…

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:18:34 +0000

Hi Jesse, I don’t get your point. For the benefit of our readers, could you please restate what you mean? Thanks! Tina

By: Jesse Williams

Jesse Williams — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:08:00 +0000

Tina, I want to talk to you about the title of your article. Anytime a title reads “X” could solve the global “Y” problem, and X is some new found phenomena or a new invention. Then the title immediately signals sensational journalism without any true value.

I’m sorry to be so harsh but I see it all the time and it rubs me the wrong way. Because findings such as this, while maybe interesting in and of themselves, will not save the world (as everyone knows). There is simply not enough driving force to achieve a scale large enough to “solve a global problem”. You know this. I know this…

Anyway, thanks for the article. Please refrain from using sensational, illogical titles in the future.