Livestock emissions continue to track downwards, according to the just released New Zealand’s greenhouse gas inventory update for 2009. I loathe giving these CO2equivalents any credibility as a unit by using them but that is how methane and nitrous … [Read more...]
Who is Dairy NZ working for really?
Landcare Research scientist joins Dairy NZ scientist in being unable to clarify their confused and contradictory positions. Scientists from both organisations maintain that methane from a steady source does not result in an increase in the … [Read more...]
Email campaign, John Key needs to be told.
John Key believes there is not much opposition by farmers to the ETS. He said this on the radio news after it was reported he got a roasting at the Federated Farmers conference. It is hard to believe he means this, and it is hard to believe any … [Read more...]
Methane is not the problem
Atmopsheric concentrations of methane are stable, (some years it falls, some years it increases) despite a doubling in global consumption of meat and dairy products over the last 30 years. This is why; Estimated sources and sinks of methane in Tg … [Read more...]
Animal Respiration & Global Warming
Two World Bank environmental advisors Robert Goddard and Jeff Anhang put out a report claiming eating meat was having far more of an impact on global warming than was officially recognised. They argue that instead of producing 18% of world emissions … [Read more...]
Jeanette Fitzsimons doesn't like what we are saying
Jeanette Fitzsimons asked this question in Parliament last week. It was heartening and it was to Dr Nick Smith, Minister of Climate Change Issues. Jeanette Fitzsimons: What plans does the Minister have to counter the misinformation repeatedly … [Read more...]
Save the planet from bimbos and celebrities
Environmental groups like Greenpeace and now PETA are using celebrities and bimbos to advance their causes. If you judge it on the fact that they get TV coverage then it works. Here I was thinking a sound argument, logic and factual evidence would do … [Read more...]
Northland Agricultural Field Days
Pastural Farming Climate Research was launched at the Northland Agricultural Field Days on the 27th February.2009. The society was formed to counter the misinformation about agricultural emissions and the incorrect and … [Read more...]