Though there are 6.5 million cows in Ireland they are offsetting their contribution to the planet's methane by being a huge part of the food chain ... whereas the 305 million cows in India wander through their protected lives maybe giving a bit of milk for a while .... contributing massively to methane production with little or no return .... with their numbers completely out of proportion to their utility due to religious, and increasingly political, considerations .... if one cow population has to go for the good of the planet then it shouldn't be Ireland's .... unless we value religious dogma over science ?
K
Edited this cos it sounded as if I was getting at John personally rather than making a general point
