Tuesday, November 30, 2010

TED Video (Blog 15)

In the TED video, I learned that “cow farts” are more dangerous than CO2. To me that stood out because I wasn’t expecting it. Now for the facts I gathered from the speech was that the greenhouse gases that come from the cows is the 2nd most dangerous gas for the planet. Another fact that was interesting was the US slaughters 10 billion animals every year for us to eat and if you put them together, the animals could go from earth to the moon 5 times. That is crazy! The last interesting fact is that 30% of the worlds land is for the animals that we eat. What impressed me was how well he was able to compare something we don’t think is that dangerous like the cow to something we all know is very bad like the atomic bomb. Nothing in the video really depressed me. Wasn’t a sad story but rather interesting. The video was good speech but not one I would watch again. I might be able to use the video for my paper but not too many facts because it wasn’t really about what I’m researching.

8 comments:

  1. Hahaha cow fart are a national hazard!. Are human farts as bad?

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  2. The University of North Dokota did a study on cow farts. They found that buy eliminating corn and soy from a cows diet they could reduct emmisions by nearly 70%. It is not the cow that is dangerous, it is the way we feed the cow. In Britain, they are experimenting with feeding cows garlic to reduce the emissions even further.

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  3. Blog props: Just wanted to say you had some great blog posts this semester, I enjoyed reading them.

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  4. Isn't it frustrating to know that there are so many minor things that the industry can do to improve the problem, but refuse to. jerks!

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  5. You didnt know that.. dont you watch south park.. they did a special on cow farts.. lol..

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  6. I have enjoyed you not only online but also in class. You are a great person and a A+ writer! Nice knowing you JR!

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  7. Too bad that it was not much help for your research topic.

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