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  1. 08-12-2024, 10:26 AM #1
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    A grand idea that could "backfire"

    Much criticism has been leveled at the lowly cow for their propensity to pass gas in copious amounts without regard for the impact on our planet. Now we have a major push by the concerned to shift our dietary focus from gas belching bovines to veggies---which actually reprocess that bovin gas, into life giving oxygen.

    To that end this guest essay appeared in this morning's NYT:

    "How to Make a Nation of Meat Eaters Crave the Humble Bean"

    So---despite being a simple man---I have to ask the obvious----does the "gas engine" in this "solution" not simply move from the bovines to the humanoids

    From a strictly selfish POV--I'd prefer that "gas engine" be out in the field rather than in me house
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    Cows have a unique "fermentation" digestive system that breaks down grass - producing lots of methane gas in the process.

    Methane, "...is a powerful greenhouse gas, second only to carbon dioxide (CO2) in contributing to climate warming."
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    Quote Originally Posted by UTAH View Post
    Cows have a unique "fermentation" digestive system that breaks down grass - producing lots of methane gas in the process.

    Methane, "...is a powerful greenhouse gas, second only to carbon dioxide (CO2) in contributing to climate warming."
    - Wikipedia

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    ....and I have a unique "fermentation" digestive system that breaks down beans - producing lots of methane gas in the process.

    Methane, "...is a powerful greenhouse gas contributing to dramatic cooling in the bed room."
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    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
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    Just thinking---Old Dan would have loved this thread
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
    Just thinking---Old Dan would have loved this thread
    I thought you were channeling him......Ben
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    Quote Originally Posted by Truckman View Post
    I thought you were channeling him......Ben
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
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    Dan, yes. Good memories of members of our flock who migrated to another realm.

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    After reading this being posted upstairs I will have to call it BS....... No pun intended
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    Quote Originally Posted by Honda View Post
    After reading this being posted upstairs I will have to call it BS....... No pun intended
    Oh---my kind sir---no more so than endless other posts in this elevated roost

    In fact, this began with a serious essay from the NYT. The very fact that members can enjoy a serious subject and discuss it with a touch of humor is to be complemented. Life is too full of the mundane to simply ignore such an opportunity to chuckle.

    May none of us be so bloated with the after affects of the lowly bean that we fail to find hidden humor in its "unintended gifts".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Grubb View Post
    ...bloated with the after effects of the lowly bean...
    Man, you had to go there. It triggers memory of a low point, in Blazing Saddles (1974), when Slim Pickins and his ruffians pass colossal amounts of gas while wolfing down beans.
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    Ah my friend----a guy has not fully enjoyed the manly rewards of deer camp---about a week in---when venting becomes an art form. I had an uncle who could fart dragnet----he was a true champion of artistic venting.

    At one deer camp in my past---in the famous Potter County of PA we had one common loft which served as "the" bed room---it held 18 men. No matter how cold it might get the windows on each end of that loft were always open. The venting was seemingly unending with the highest acclaim of the art being rewarded with multiple commentaries in the dark of the night.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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    Notable flatulists: Le Pétomane, Roland the Farter, Mr. Methane.
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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatulist#Further_reading

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