Driving through Dalhart, TX, is not very exciting. This is Texas Panhandle country, and the important adjective is flat. However, roads are good, straight, and the other drivers follow the Texas motto of DRIVE FRIENDLY. Near the city of Dalhart are at least two very large feed lots for beef cows. Several miles before you get to the feed lots your nose tells you that many cows seem to be in the neighborhood. When you actually see the animals, they seem to go on for ever and be uncountable. The ozone hole over this area must be very large, which is a byproduct of methane production. I am sure that global warming is affected, also.
In either Nebraska or Iowa there is an ethanol production plant that utilizes methane gas produced by the local animals as an energy source in the production of the ethanol. How clever! The local farmers grow the necessary corn, feed some to their animals, and use the manure produced to help in the ethanol production. Seems very biodegradable to me and very GREEN, a key word these days in the concern about global warming. Although the only GREEN might be the person who had to deliver the manure to the ethanol
plant. Now you know why I did not become a farmer.
To further confound you, there is concern in Norway over having too many Mooses or is it Moose? I do know the answer to this important question. Apparently, Moose produce immense clouds of methane either in manure or ,and one moose in a year has been calculated to cause more global warming that a two thousand mile car trip. Perhaps if Norway cut down on Moose production, global warming would be a thing of the past. So, having solved this important problem, my only advice to you is, when in Dalhart Texas, drive fast, do not open any windows, and hold your breath. Happy travels.
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