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To: TobagoJack who wrote (39690)	10/17/2003 3:08:09 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 74559

NZ “flatulent” tax: Going like this we have to pay tax to fart!!! We now have the “flatulent” tax, the proposal to tax methane belched by our cattle, cows, and sheep, to meet our Kyoto responsibilities. The target is a 5% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from our 1990 levels. From our Government’s own figures, we as a total country are in a position of having net carbon credits, and this position is improving. With respect to our livestock, census figures show that grazing land has reduced by 1.5 million hectares from 1994 to 2002, with 400,000 hectares converted to forestry, and Going like this we have to pay tax to fart!!!200,000 hectares regenerating to native bush. While dairy numbers have increased by 1.3 million cattle over this period, sheep numbers have reduced by 10 million, and beef cattle by 500,000. The net effect of all this would clearly indicate a reduction in net methane emission.