Hi guys I’m Alex Farnham and this is animalist news!
大家好我是Alex Farnham,欢迎来到动物王国!
What’s the biggest contributor to global warming?
全球变暖最应归咎于谁?
I’ll give you a hint, they’re worse than cars and planes put together!
提示你一下,汽车飞机的排放污染物加起来也抵不过它!
Cow farts are responsible for nearly twenty five percent of methane gas released worldwide each year!
是牛屁!全球每年近百分之二十五的甲烷气体是牛屁释放的!
Their carbon “hoofprints” have even been blamed for acid rain, poisoning rivers, and destroying coral reefs!
它们的碳“足迹”加剧了酸雨的形成,污染了河流,破坏了珊瑚礁!
To fight this problem, scientists in Argentina have started creating backpacks that gather a cow’s farts.
因此,为了解决这一问题,阿根廷的科学家已经开始发明牛屁背包收集牛屁。
They’re fashionable and effective!
又时尚又有效!
Tubes connect to a cow’s digestive tracts and collect three hundred liters of methane each day from farts!
把管子接到牛的消化道中,每天可以收集三百升甲烷!
That’s enough energy to run a refrigerator or car for twenty four hours!
这些甲烷足够让冰箱或汽车运转二十四小时了!
So why aren’t we using farts as fuel?!
那么为什么我们不能用牛屁作燃料?!
Maybe it’s because cow farts are dangerous!
也许因为牛屁危险!
Earlier this year, a herd of dairy cows caused a barn explosion in germany when the methane mixed with a static electric charge!
今年年初,一个德国谷仓发生爆炸,罪魁祸首就是奶牛牛屁中的甲烷与静电电荷混合在了一起!
Those cows definitely need backpacks!
那些奶牛肯定需要背包!
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