Cow Flatulence Tax
Not long ago I promised a friend that I would do a post on turds just for the hell of it. We were talking about traffic to our respective websites and how the strangest stories get the most traffic. So here I go with yet another post on another topic that I could never dream up. Cow poop tax!
In order to save us from global warming the government is going to tax cows that have gas. Damn you cows for eating all that grass. Somebody call Richard Simmons and put all bovines on a diet. More vegetables and less… umm, no that won’t work.
I wish I made this whole thing up but I didn’t…
EPA 'Cow Tax' Could Charge $175 per Dairy Cow to Curb Greenhouse Gases
Farm Bureau warns just this one rule may increase milk production costs up to 8 cents a gallon.
By Jeff Poor
Business & Media Institute
1/5/2009 3:55:30 PM
Call this one of the newest and innovative ways your government has come up with to battle greenhouse gas emissions.
Indirectly it could be considered a cheeseburger tax, but one of the suggestions offered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act is to levy a tax on livestock.
Snip… poop
The New York Farm Bureau assigned a price tag to the cost of greenhouse gas regulation by the EPA in a release last month.
“The tax for dairy cows could be $175 per cow, and $87.50 per head of beef cattle. The tax on hogs would upwards of $20 per hog,” the release said. “Any operation with more than 25 dairy cows, 50 beef cattle or 200 hogs would have to obtain permits.” - Business and Media Institute
Stop laughing! We have to stop these cows from causing global warming. I would propose Beano or some other kind of product added to the feed for the cows to stop excess pooping aka farts.
Next up… old Uncle Ernie gets a hefty EPA fine for his gaseous byproduct and inconsiderate adding of methane gas to the environment. Check back with us soon as we also cover Auntie Girt’s baked bean recipe that kills Polar Bears.
Papamoka
In order to save us from global warming the government is going to tax cows that have gas. Damn you cows for eating all that grass. Somebody call Richard Simmons and put all bovines on a diet. More vegetables and less… umm, no that won’t work.
I wish I made this whole thing up but I didn’t…
EPA 'Cow Tax' Could Charge $175 per Dairy Cow to Curb Greenhouse Gases
Farm Bureau warns just this one rule may increase milk production costs up to 8 cents a gallon.
By Jeff Poor
Business & Media Institute
1/5/2009 3:55:30 PM
Call this one of the newest and innovative ways your government has come up with to battle greenhouse gas emissions.
Indirectly it could be considered a cheeseburger tax, but one of the suggestions offered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act is to levy a tax on livestock.
Snip… poop
The New York Farm Bureau assigned a price tag to the cost of greenhouse gas regulation by the EPA in a release last month.
“The tax for dairy cows could be $175 per cow, and $87.50 per head of beef cattle. The tax on hogs would upwards of $20 per hog,” the release said. “Any operation with more than 25 dairy cows, 50 beef cattle or 200 hogs would have to obtain permits.” - Business and Media Institute
Stop laughing! We have to stop these cows from causing global warming. I would propose Beano or some other kind of product added to the feed for the cows to stop excess pooping aka farts.
Next up… old Uncle Ernie gets a hefty EPA fine for his gaseous byproduct and inconsiderate adding of methane gas to the environment. Check back with us soon as we also cover Auntie Girt’s baked bean recipe that kills Polar Bears.
Papamoka
Labels: Bovine, Cattle Tax, Cow Tax, Cows, EPA Regulations, Farmers Tax, Global Warming, Methane Gas Tax
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