Climate change: New Zealand's plan to tax cow and sheep burps

[OnlinePoker]

New Zealand has unveiled a plan to tax sheep and cattle burps in a bid to tackle one of the country's biggest sources of greenhouse gases.

It would make it the first nation to charge farmers for the methane emissions from the animals they keep.

New Zealand is home to just over five million people, along with around 10 million cattle and 26 million sheep.

Almost half the country's total greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, mainly methane.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61741352

[jimfields33]

1. Alright. Who needs a job.

Honestly I never heard a cow burp. Going to be interesting keeping track of them. What if they miss a few or think it was a burp but it was hunger pains. This is going to be very interesting.

[PoliticAverse]

2. In an ideal world everyone would be responsible for paying for the externalities they create. n/t

[Finishline42]

3. Haha

5 million people

10 million cattle

26 million sheep

had no idea...

How many jobs would be lost if raising cows and sheep became too expensive to raise because of taxes on their emissions...