The environmental debate has been one of very deep concepts and very long, nay sesquipedalian, words.
So, it was quite pleasing to hear the issue brought down to monosyllables, and by none other than Allan McArtor, the former FAA administrator who is now chairman of Airbus Americas.
McArtor explained why airlines are such an easy target for the authorities during the American Bar Association's
air and space law forum in Washington the other day.
Farm animals and their methane emissions may pollute more than airlines, McArtor says, but the big difference is "cow farts don't leave contrails!"
(The author of this post is a veteran aerospace reporter who declined to be identified).
So, it was quite pleasing to hear the issue brought down to monosyllables, and by none other than Allan McArtor, the former FAA administrator who is now chairman of Airbus Americas.
McArtor explained why airlines are such an easy target for the authorities during the American Bar Association's
air and space law forum in Washington the other day.
Farm animals and their methane emissions may pollute more than airlines, McArtor says, but the big difference is "cow farts don't leave contrails!"
(The author of this post is a veteran aerospace reporter who declined to be identified).
on February 1, 2009 12:03 AM | Reply
It's not cow farts that are the main source of cow methane, it's cow belching.
So Mr McArtor has the wrong end of the cow.
See, amongst other places :- http://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/methane-cow.htm
on April 14, 2009 11:46 AM | Reply
Also read that vegetarians produce more methane than meat eaters http://www.physorg.com/news135003243.html.. so should we be forcing all vegetarians to do their bit for the environment and start eating meat?