Cow farting Tax???
Discussion
Following on from Countryfile.
How likely would it be that winky and his merry men could come up with a plan to tax farmers for their cows farting??? Cows have been farting for many a year, surely they would be taking the pi55 if they taxed farmers because of it??
I know its been spoken about for years, the yank govt are keen, New Zealand and Denmark have been mentioned about a methane tax. How would this tax stop cows farting? Surely this wouldnt be a devious plan to raise revenue under this guise to drag in money that NU Labia have squandered.
How likely would it be that winky and his merry men could come up with a plan to tax farmers for their cows farting??? Cows have been farting for many a year, surely they would be taking the pi55 if they taxed farmers because of it??
I know its been spoken about for years, the yank govt are keen, New Zealand and Denmark have been mentioned about a methane tax. How would this tax stop cows farting? Surely this wouldnt be a devious plan to raise revenue under this guise to drag in money that NU Labia have squandered.
Westy Pre-Lit said:
As soon as John Craven uttered the words that went something along the lines of "killing the planet by eating meat", I couldn't help my self from shouting "OH DO f
k OFF YOU tt", and turned over.
I wish I had. What a fk OFF YOU tt", and turned over.king transparent mouthpeice for this governments thinly veiled plans this is. The piece with the lad who ate red meat "twice, every day" - so he'd never tasted fish, or chicken or soup or a sandwich eh ? Or maybe he had those for breakfast......??? Predictably ended with the stooge ordering some kind of fish medley (and big f
k-off chips !) to reduce his cholesterol (did'nt see that coming 
)Tune in next week for more total brainwashing against the British farming industry each Sunday at 7pm (early enough for the kids innit.)
ShadownINja said:
XitUp said:
Being all scientific an that I'd have to say rice would be a more likely pick.
How about soya? That's shipped in from abroad, isn't it? Lentils? Couscous? etc. scorp said:
ShadownINja said:
XitUp said:
Being all scientific an that I'd have to say rice would be a more likely pick.
How about soya? That's shipped in from abroad, isn't it? Lentils? Couscous? etc. So lets see.... We tax cattle in the UK, with the inevitable consequence of there being fewer of the things here, prompting Brazil and Argentina to increase their herd to take up any lost market.
Brilliant, we've succeeded in moving the Methane half way 'round the world and made it someone else's problem.
Brilliant, we've succeeded in moving the Methane half way 'round the world and made it someone else's problem.
Leithen said:
So lets see.... We tax cattle in the UK, with the inevitable consequence of there being fewer of the things here, prompting Brazil and Argentina to increase their herd to take up any lost market.
Brilliant, we've succeeded in moving the Methane half way 'round the world and made it someone else's problem.
And at the same time, making the UK more dependant on meat and dairy products from overseas, as our own farmers realise they’re being punished to appease nuttersBrilliant, we've succeeded in moving the Methane half way 'round the world and made it someone else's problem.
Slothario said:
Westy Pre-Lit said:
As soon as John Craven uttered the words that went something along the lines of "killing the planet by eating meat", I couldn't help my self from shouting "OH DO fk OFF YOU tt", and turned over.
I wish I had. What a fk OFF YOU tt", and turned over.king transparent mouthpeice for this governments thinly veiled plans this is. The piece with the lad who ate red meat "twice, every day" - so he'd never tasted fish, or chicken or soup or a sandwich eh ? Or maybe he had those for breakfast......??? Predictably ended with the stooge ordering some kind of fish medley (and big f
k-off chips !) to reduce his cholesterol (did'nt see that coming )Tune in next week for more total brainwashing against the British farming industry each Sunday at 7pm (early enough for the kids innit.)
As the consultant told the guy he had almost nothing to worry about health-wise, John Craven was almost giving himself a hernia trying to find a link between red meat and any kind of health problem the guy might have, settling on the old standby, cholesterol. You find me a 30-ish bloke that doesn't have slightly high cholesterol these days.....
Countryfile used to be relatively watchable and reported on actual countryside issues (ie. issues affecting the countryside and the people in it), it's been getting worse over the years until finally they gave it the coup de gras when they moved it to Sunday evenings and filled it full of hand-wringing tosh only the Islington Luvvies that staff the BBC could call 'countryside issues'.
Hateful, anti-countryside programme. If I paid a licence fee I'd be livid.
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