They “fart.”
Scientists in Germany have discovered that ordinary plants produce significant amounts of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas which helps trap the sun’s energy in the atmosphere.
The findings, reported in the journal Nature, have been described as “startling”, and may force a rethink of the role played by forests in holding back the pace of global warming.
And the BBC News Website has learned that the research, based on observations in the laboratory, appears to be corroborated by unpublished observations of methane levels in the Brazilian Amazon.
So, I guess the solution to global warming is to cut down more trees.
I am going to ask for my groceries to be double-paper-bagged from now on.
Ah! For once, the solution is obvious, elegant, and clear…we must nuke the rainforests. Reduce the methane production, and kick up enough smoke and ash into the atmosphere to take care of the global warming we already have.
“We’d be stupid not to do it!”
