New Zealand’s government has proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change. The government said the farm levy would be a world first and farmers should be able to recoup the cost by charging more for climate-friendly products
Federated Farmers, the industry’s main lobby group, said the tax would “rip the guts out of small-town New Zealand” and affect food production because farms would be replaced with trees
www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/11/new-zealand-farmers-to-face-livestock-emissions-charges-under-new
I can picture some four-eyed spotty incel creeping round cows’ arses with a fartometer
h/t Dawntless
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