Just when you thought our politicians and government officials couldn't get any more lame-brained, along comes some nitwit who puts all of the rest of them to shame. In an effort to reduce global warming, Jerry Brown and his moonbeam friends have come lout with a new state law that regulates cow farts. " Brown's approval of Senate Bill 1383 goes after short-lived climate pollutants, which include methane, black carbon, and HFC gases, per the Associated Press.
Dairy farmers have to cut methane emissions to 40 percent below 2013 levels by 2030. Who in God's name was measuring? Under a modified cap-and-trade plan,
farmers will receive aid from the $50 million or so raised via polluter
fees, which they can then put toward machinery that uses methane to
create energy they can in turn sell to electric companies.
As a side thought, one has to wonder why Noah's ark didn't erupt in an explosion, with all of those animals aboard. This brilliant thinking on everyone's part had to have come after a night of hard drinking, smoking and snorting. But, it's also a thinly disguised plot to create more bureaucratic jobs at the taxpayer's expense, because you and I both know that the price of beef is going to go up, as will taxes to support the new jobs.
I know I'm way off base here and I'll probably get tons and tons of emails, but why just cows? What about pigs or sheep? For that matter, haven't deer, bears, elk, mountain lions, porcupines and elephants been spreading their noxious methane gases for eons on this planet? Is this a Rube Goldberg scheme or not?
On second thought, what about politicians and bureaucrats? I'd venture a guess that any governor worth his salt can out-fart a cow any day of the week. Whaddya say to that, Mr. Guv?
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