So apparently all the world’s air quality woes can now be laid at the door of the poor table manners of sheep and cattle. They are so inconsiderate as to belch methane as they go about their daily business.  Of course, when the sheep take it upon themselves to try and change their diet, they get into trouble.  I’ll admit I’m puzzled by the advice that people should stop eating these animals and switch to chicken – it seems like there would be fewer of them if they got eaten but perhaps this is all propaganda being spread by the sheep.

I don’t think anyone thought this out very carefully, the majority of sheep are farmed for wool and not planned for the dinner table.  In the U.S. alone last year 443 million sheep were sheered and the U.S. is one of the smallest wool producers in the world.  And wool is one of the few natural textile fibers that is globally available.  I’m allergic, but perfectly willing to defend the rights of everyone to wear something non-petroleum based.  Australia leads the pack on wool production so I wonder what their methane output is?  Given a choice I would rather stand in front of a belching sheep than at the back of a diesel bus so I wish people would stop passing the buck.