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Cutting bovine CO2 emissions

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Just in time for the Easter Bunny, the eco-conscious chocolatiers at Cadbury have asked all 65 of their dairy farmers to help reduce emissions caused by bovine burping.

Cadbury reportedly gave its Wiltshire cow farmers an official DIY tip sheet on cutting cow “eructations”—belching—in order to cut down on cow carbon emissions. But how-now-brown-cow can a farmer get Bessie not to burp? Apparently by ever so slightly tinkering with the bacteria in her bovine diet. Beano for cows?

England's Guardian newspaper reported today that 60% of Cadbury’s greenhouse gas emissions—especially methane—can be chalked up to the Queen-appointed confectioner’s “famous glass-and-a-half of milk in every bar.” Bummer. Way to take the buzz out of my imported stash of Dairy Milks, Flakes and Crunchies!

Did you know that the world's constantly burping (and etc.) commercial cows account for up to a quarter of “creature-made” methane emissions? And that the average bovine releases as much CO2 as an average-sized car? Hmmm ... little did we know that most of that pent-up gas comes out of their mouths. 

My solution? Mooo-ve over Cadbury. Hello, vegan Dagoba.

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