A CSIRO project in the Top End of the Northern Territory is measuring methane emissions from mound-building termites.

University of Melbourne Phd student Hizbullah Jamali says early results show termites emit very little when compared to animals like cows.

http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/200905/s2579749.htm

No ****, Sherlock. If that's all you need to discover to get a PhD, put me down for a course!  :D ;D

I'd like to meet the termite who passes wind like a cow  :o :o  No, on second thoughts, maybe I wouldn't  ::)

that could be fun
getting a lighter behind the termite as it breaks wind to see how far it goes ;D ;D ;D

ill get me coat ;D ;D ;D

I had a madras last night, so they'd better get their f@rt-o-meters round my house before I blow a hole in the ozone layer round Wakey.

STMO123 wrote on 26. May 2009 at 12:24:

I had a madras last night, so they'd better get their f@rt-o-meters round my house before I blow a hole in the ozone layer round Wakey.

light your fart
go on you know you want to ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

The Australian Government's effort to comprehensively account for all greenhouse gas emissions has now turned its attention to the tiniest of creatures - termites


While this appears to be a bit of nonsense on first reading it does show the possibilities for chaos and sheer stupidity when lawmakers embark on such a course. :D :D

This is the natural consequence of the 'green' debate and its ill-considered and premature conclusions being taken as the the word from on high ;)

It's about time lawmakers got real and started looking at the problem with a degree of good sense.   Why don't they just instruct  people over certain age to stop breathing - that would solve several problems at a stroke  ;) ;):y :y

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