Apparently, and this is something I did not know but which I am now very concerned about- farting causes global warming. You know because it emits carbon dioxide, blah, blah, etc. and such. Well you may or may not know that the Kyoto Protocol and similar climate change agreements provide CO2 limits for each country and allow countries who use more than their allotted share to buy "credits" from countries who use less. The idea is that, in the end, you reward countries who use less but also get compliance from countries who refuse to decrease their usage. Well anyhow, the point of all this sciency crap is that some people in Australia thought it a good idea to apply this theory to individuals and buy you carbon credits if you feel like you may be using too many. So say, you eat a nice spicy chilly for lunch and emit, let's say, 10 silent farts during your afternoon conference call in the privacy of your office- well, if you pay these companies $10 per fart or something they promise to keep as much CO2 out of the air as you just farted. Not sure how, but that's not the point. I am not making this up- it was in a fairly reputable place. [Bloomberg]
PS: Not sure why I went with the picture of the new Bond- but he does always look like he's in mid-fart so I thought appropriate.
4 comments:
This is the second fart related blog entry in three months....let's step it up a little bit eh?
i like this entry. i will propose the co2 buy-out to my roommate who has let at least 7 go since i've been home.
Oh no, I like it too, I meant we need to increase the frequency of fart related entries.
here here!
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