On Tuesday, Burger King, in an apparent attempt to appear as politically correct as possible, tweeted that they were feeding their cows lemongrass in their diet to reduce methane emissions from cow farts leading to climate change.
Burger King tweeted: “Cow farts and burps are no laughing matter. they release methane, which contributes to climate change. That is why we are working to change the diet of our cows by adding lemongrass to reduce their emissions by approximately 33%. “
farts and belches of cow are not laughable. they release methane, which contributes to climate change. That is why we are working to change the diet of our cows by adding lemongrass to reduce their emissions by approximately 33%. learn about our ongoing study: https://t.co/kPCXpjfbGL #CowsMenu pic.twitter.com/DnmF8gVVL0
– Burger King (@BurgerKing) July 14, 2020
Burger King linked to a site from its parent company, Restaurant Brands International, which also owns the Tim Hortons and Popeyes restaurant chains, where the site stated:
Livestock are responsible for 14.5% of all human-induced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and beef production represents 41% of those emissions …
Cows have a complex digestive system consisting of four stomachs, allowing them to eat and digest foods that we cannot, such as grass, through a process called enteric fermentation. As cows digest their food, they produce a lot of methane. This greenhouse gas is released every time cows burp and throw out methane gas. Methane is considered a major contributor to global warming, making it a key area that we must address in pursuit of the objective of the 2016 Paris Agreement to limit global warming to well below 2 ° C and make efforts to limit it. at 1.5 ° C …
We partner with senior scientists in the US and Mexico to study different herbs, such as chamomile, cosmos bipinnatus, and lemongrass, to find a solution that could benefit the environment and millions of people. they just love meat. As a result, we found that by adding 100 grams of dried lemongrass leaves to the cow’s daily diet, we were able to see an average reduction of up to 33% in methane emissions during the diet feeding period (the last three-four months of the cow’s life in the case of our research).
In the “frequently asked questions” document attached to the “Green New Deal” proposal presented by representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, there was this section that dealt with “farting cows”:
We call for a complete transition from fossil fuels to zero greenhouse gases. Anyone who has read the resolution sees that we explain it through a plan that requires eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors of the economy. Simply banning fossil fuels right away will not build the new economy to replace it; This is the plan to build that new economy and explains how to do it technically. We do this through extensive mobilization to create the renewable energy economy as quickly as possible. We set a goal to reach net zero, rather than zero emissions, in 10 years because we are not sure we will be able to get rid of cows and farts that fast, but we believe we can increase renewable manufacturing and energy production. They go back in every building in America, build the smart grid, overhaul transportation and agriculture, plant lots of trees, and restore our ecosystem to net zero.
Ocasio-Cortez then blamed a staff member for the document, protesting, “I definitely had a staff member who had a very bad day at work.”
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