To Reduce Methane In Cow Burps, Bill Gates Launching Startup To Feed Cows Seaweed Supplement
A group of billionaires are funding a program to reduce the methane from cow burps. Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Amazon Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos, and Chinese business magnate Jack Ma are among the investors providing $12 million to an Australian company, Rumin8, that is aiming to feed a seaweed supplement to cows to reduce their emission levels.
Experts in Wyoming’s cattle industry are a bit skeptical of its potential in the Cowboy State. Brett Moline, director of public and governmental affairs for the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation, told Cowboy State Daily that 300 million years ago, when the area was covered in a sea, seaweed-based feed might have gone over better.
“Ever since those seas dried up, our seaweed production has just gone to hell,” Moline said.
Decarbonize The Cow
While it’s been widely reported that the gas coming out the other end of the cow is the main source of methane, it’s actually the animal’s belching that produces most, which is the result of their digestive process.
Cows have four chambers in their stomach, and that first section, the rumen, is like a little methane factory. The typical cow can belch 220 pounds of methane per year. That’s roughly the equivalent greenhouse gas emissions that would be produced during a road trip in a Ford Focus from Los Angeles, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
Rumin8’s mission is to “decarbonize 100 million cattle by 2030.” The company is developing a variety of supplements that ranchers can feed their cows to lower their methane output. According to the company’s website, their patented technology replicates nature’s anti-methanogienic compound which turns it into scalable and highly effective supplements.
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