FYI, the methane that cows emit is coming from the upper end of the GI tract, not the lower. “Bovine flatulence” certainly must exist–I assume–but it’s not the source of methane that climatologists are concerned about.
OK. Cite for the fact that it’s not a significant contributor to methane in the atmosphere regardless of which end of the cow it emits from?
Also, linky? I’m guessing it’s this one, since it’s today’s column, but it won’t be on the front page six months from now.
I had always thought (when thinking about it at all, which was seldom) that Hitler’s flatulence was due to his vegetarian diet.
However, this and other sources suggest that der Fuehrer’s venomous farting started much earlier in life and only worsened after he converted to strictly veggies.
"Strangely, Hitler was unfazed by the fact that this high-fiber diet was having the opposite effect on his digestion than what he had intended: His private physician, Dr. Theo Morell, recorded in his diary that after Hitler downed a typical vegetable platter, “constipation and colossal flatulence occurred on a scale I have seldom encountered before.”
If Adolf had truly found the secret to incredibly massive flatulence, could he not have created a battalion of lethal farters whose activities on the Russian front might’ve led to a breakthrough and ended the war on a victorious note for the Nazis? Thank goodness such a secret weapon was never deployed.
Jackmannii: Godwins Law 
Sunny Daze: mbrice didn’t assert that cows don’t cause global warming. You’ll have to find your own citation.
Personally, when I was dating, I always was vegetarian on Fridays, so I’d smell nice on Friday night: