Methane from livestock not the problem!
Newsletter from Robin Grieve, Pastural Farming Climate Research
26 November 2010
Enteric methane produced (tonnes)
1990 1,039857
1998 1,069750
1999 1,102670
2000 1,127900
2001 1,101238
2002 1,123076
2003 1,123438
2007 1,111647
2008 1,078928
Enteric methane produced in 2008 was less than that produced in 2000 and virtually the same as in 1998.
Methane oxidises to CO2 in 8-12 years so we can all sleep soundly in our beds knowing that all the enteric methane produced today is only replacing the methane that was produced ten years ago. The atmospheric concentration of methane will not have altered at all.
So indisputably, no global warming from enteric methane!
Unfortunately there are still some plonkers out there who think enteric methane is a problem. One can only wonder with incredulity.
If all the fossil fuel emissions of CO2 were tracking as those from enteric methane are, there would be no global warming industry at all, because there would be no problem.
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