Bill Nye FINALLY Has A Solution For Climate Change: Tax Cow Farts

[Ubiquitous]

Bill Nye, who is not, in fact, a scientist but rather an engineer
with no formal instruction in climatology or meteorology, has
finally hit on what he believes is a perfect solution to curbing
global climate change: tax meat eaters for cow farts.

Nye revealed his miraculous solution to the Daily Beast Monday in a
comprehensive interview ahead of the second season premiere of his
Netflix show, "Bill Nye Saves The World."

“[T]his is what we can do and it’s a win-win: to have a fee on
carbon,” Nye suggested. “So if you are raising livestock and
producing a lot of carbon dioxide with your farm equipment and the
exhaust from the animals, then you would pay a fee on that and it
would be reflected in the price of meat, reflected in the price of
fish, reflected in the price of peanuts.”

Nye went on to claim that the tax would be a "free market way to
reckon with the real cost of a meat diet to the world.”

Cow flatulence contains methane, which is, yes, a greenhouse gas,
which traps the sun's heat at a rate around twenty times higher than
carbon dioxide. But according to a study produced by the University
of Michigan and Tulane University, although cows are dangerous to
the Earth's atmosphere, even combined with the farming and livestock
industry as a whole, they contribute only about 8% of the United
States's total greenhouse gas emissions.

Most of the livestock-based greenhouse gas emission comes from the
developing world, and it's here where Nye's big plan falls apart.
You see, Nye has no agenda for starving children in the third world
who rely on meat to provide the protein necessary to ensure they do
not fall prey to malnutrition; he's only interested in punishing
American meat-eaters.

"Mr. Nye said his policy prescription would apply only to the
developed world, given that in developing countries, ;you need
protein and your agriculture may not be sophisticated enough to
provide you the protein. So we’ll see. I don’t want to get in the
business of judging people who aren’t vegetarians,'" the Washington
Examiner reports.

So you'd pay more for your meat, to make little to no dent in global
greenhouse gas emissions.

Nye claims conservatives are "against" the idea not because it's
stupid and potentially ineffective, but because they hate taxes and
regulations. But there's the rub: conservatives may, in fact,
recognize that such policies don't create lasting change, and that
the government may not be best positioned to police what individuals
eat on a daily basis.

In fact, a study published back in March of this year shows that
so-called "climate deniers" actually live more ecologically sound
lives, and contribute fewer pounds of carbon dioxide to the
atmosphere, because they're not waiting on the government to decide
whether or not to levy a tax on cow flatulence.

[Rhino]

Post by Ubiquitous
Bill Nye, who is not, in fact, a scientist but rather an engineer
with no formal instruction in climatology or meteorology, has
finally hit on what he believes is a perfect solution to curbing
global climate change: tax meat eaters for cow farts.
Nye revealed his miraculous solution to the Daily Beast Monday in a
comprehensive interview ahead of the second season premiere of his
Netflix show, "Bill Nye Saves The World."
“[T]his is what we can do and it’s a win-win: to have a fee on
carbon,” Nye suggested. “So if you are raising livestock and
producing a lot of carbon dioxide with your farm equipment and the
exhaust from the animals, then you would pay a fee on that and it
would be reflected in the price of meat, reflected in the price of
fish, reflected in the price of peanuts.”
Nye went on to claim that the tax would be a "free market way to
reckon with the real cost of a meat diet to the world.”
Cow flatulence contains methane, which is, yes, a greenhouse gas,
which traps the sun's heat at a rate around twenty times higher than
carbon dioxide. But according to a study produced by the University
of Michigan and Tulane University, although cows are dangerous to
the Earth's atmosphere, even combined with the farming and livestock
industry as a whole, they contribute only about 8% of the United
States's total greenhouse gas emissions.
Most of the livestock-based greenhouse gas emission comes from the
developing world, and it's here where Nye's big plan falls apart.
You see, Nye has no agenda for starving children in the third world
who rely on meat to provide the protein necessary to ensure they do
not fall prey to malnutrition; he's only interested in punishing
American meat-eaters.
"Mr. Nye said his policy prescription would apply only to the
developed world, given that in developing countries, ;you need
protein and your agriculture may not be sophisticated enough to
provide you the protein. So we’ll see. I don’t want to get in the
business of judging people who aren’t vegetarians,'" the Washington
Examiner reports.
So you'd pay more for your meat, to make little to no dent in global
greenhouse gas emissions.
Nye claims conservatives are "against" the idea not because it's
stupid and potentially ineffective, but because they hate taxes and
regulations. But there's the rub: conservatives may, in fact,
recognize that such policies don't create lasting change, and that
the government may not be best positioned to police what individuals
eat on a daily basis.
In fact, a study published back in March of this year shows that
so-called "climate deniers" actually live more ecologically sound
lives, and contribute fewer pounds of carbon dioxide to the
atmosphere, because they're not waiting on the government to decide
whether or not to levy a tax on cow flatulence.

I wonder what Nye proposes doing about other sources of flatulence,
particularly humans? Who will he tax? Or will he just kill farters
outright? And what about all those other species, from caribou to
chipmunks, that may release flatulence on occasion? Maybe just kill them
all to be on the safe side? Of course PETA might not be too enthusiastic
about *that* solution....

Maybe he can go after the producers and actors from the famous "beans"
scene in Blazing Saddles for their horrific effects on global climate?
And, of course, he could try to ban the film because it sets a horrible
example that people might choose to follow to the eternal detriment of
the planet.