# Do farts contribute to global warming ??

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 12, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-farts-contribute-to-global-warming/452693 "2008-06-12T14:52:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-farts-contribute-to-global-warming/452693/1 "2008-06-12T14:52:22Z")

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Since methane is expelled ??

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-farts-contribute-to-global-warming/452693/2 "2008-06-12T14:53:43Z")

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Yours, not so much. [Cows](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_176.html), definitely. [Termites](http://www.iitap.iastate.edu/gcp/studentpapers/1996/atmoschem/brockberg.html), even more so.