What will they tax next?

10-20-2003, 05:36 PM

New Gas Tax

[ 10-20-2003, 06:37 PM: Message edited by: Keta ]

Birdnest · 10-20-2003, 05:41 PM

Well, that just stinks.

Steelie Steve · 10-20-2003, 05:47 PM

:shocked: :shocked:

Too funny!!!!

jocose · 10-20-2003, 06:03 PM

just my luck... i had refried beans for dinner tonight... joco

Freakwater · 10-20-2003, 06:23 PM

Keta,

Just curious, how did you stumble upon this?

Freak

SMC · 10-20-2003, 06:38 PM

This could only happen in New Zealand

10-20-2003, 07:45 PM

Freek,
I read a verity of newspapers from all over the world.

Chromaflage · 10-20-2003, 07:52 PM

DL - don't be so sure about that - remember they wanted to tax coffee in Seattle...I'm convince that even our government will tax whatever they can get away with.

ORS

DanS · 10-20-2003, 08:02 PM

You know animals don't digest plant matter right? They use bacteria in their gut to digest it. The by-product is methane gas.

Consider all the feed eaten by all the livestock in the world. That's a lot of gas.

Just don't get it in one room and then light a smoke.

10-21-2003, 08:03 AM

Dan,
You have plant mater confused with cellulose.
They can digest plant protein with out the help of their rumen and bacteria.

DanS · 10-21-2003, 08:40 AM

Correct.

But any grazing animal takes in lots of cellulose.

10-21-2003, 08:36 PM

LOTS!!!!

Most of there intake is, especially wild ruminants.

Silver Hilton · 10-21-2003, 09:03 PM

I'm pretty sure that animal created methane is the single largest component of green house gasses.

10-21-2003, 09:08 PM

Volcanic activity and forest fires are #1 and #2.

1pump · 10-21-2003, 09:34 PM

Huh? What about fossil fuels? :whazzup:

Thumper · 10-22-2003, 02:18 AM

Don't forget trees. :grin:

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roadsend · 10-22-2003, 07:25 AM

How would they determine the tax rate? Do they attach sound measuring devices on each animal or use some kind of pressure gauge?

Silver Hilton · 10-22-2003, 07:30 AM

I think the tax assessor stands downwind and sniffs at measured intervals.

Who is the tax assessor? Whoever ****ed the mayor off last...

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DanS · 10-22-2003, 07:36 AM

They tax you based on the FPM of your herd (that's farts per minute). :grin:

Methane gas is of serious concern when it comes to greenhouse gases. One animal belching and farting ads minimal gas to the atmosphere........but billions of them add up to a significant quantity of gas.

Hey they tax my car and charge me for emissions testing. I wanna see the technician test farmer Jones' cattle for "emissions".

Chrome Bumper · 10-22-2003, 07:41 AM

Actually my boss is, globally, the largest point source for methane gas.

CATCH AND EAT · 10-22-2003, 07:47 AM

And all along I thought Keta produced all the gas around here. :shocked: :grin: Just bust'in ya Lee.

Guess they will have to attach fart bags to cows to capture a new power source. Hey, they could send all the cows to Umitilla and have them fart at the fans to generate electricity.

Never mind.

roadsend · 10-22-2003, 10:53 AM

"One animal belching and farting ads minimal gas to the atmosphere........but billions of them add up to a significant quantity of gas."

But not nearly as significant as that of the far lower number of politicians.

DanS · 10-22-2003, 11:04 PM

They try harder. :grin: