Think Escalades and private jets are the reasons why the Ozone is detioriating? Well, cows are doing a lot more to destroy the precious layer that saves us from UV rays. According to the genius Bill Nye, cows produce about 20% of the world's greenhouse gases. This is more than all the cars, trains, and planes combined. Where does it come from? Their poop; it releases tons of methane which eats up the Ozone like nothing else. Another problem with cows: they supposedly consume half of the nation's fresh water supply.
Solutions to the poopy problem? Well, we could stop eating beef and drinking milk, but I'm not quite ready to give up on Whoppers and giant glasses of late night milk. Bill Nye states that feeding cows garlic can cut these emissions in half. So tell all the cattle raisers you know to start throwing some garlic in the feed, and this can cut emissions by more than if we all drove hybrids.
How can you possibly make some green off this? If hippies and earth lovers start demanding garlic-fed beef, we can expect garlic demand to shoot up. Maybe you could start a garlic farm or buy garlic futures (I don't know if these exist or not) or stock in a company that produces garlic. 75% of garlic is grown in China, so I guess you could go to China and start a farm or find some Chinese immigrant garlic workers to start a farm here.
Here's the linke to the Bill Nye video:
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