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IANA Biologist etc, but isn't the problem their gas emissions from the other end of the cow? Isn't this like some new tech eliminating all the carbon emissions from using the radio in a car, cool but not the problem?

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"...90 to 95 percent of the methane released by cows comes out of their mouths, while 5 to 10 percent is released in the form of manure and flatulence."

https://ideas.ted.com/methane-isnt-just-cow-farts-its-also-c...

I guess farting out of your mouth is a side-effect of having two stomachs.

Four stomachs!

https://www2.kenyon.edu/projects/farmschool/food/milkbio.htm

Today is truly a great day for the expansion of my trivial knowledge!

A quick search suggests that in fact the 'vast majority' of the emissions are coming out the front, not the back:

https://www.greenbiz.com/article/gassy-cows-facts-about-beef...

This makes me wonder if the major source shifts to the back after the treatment.

That would kill the cow. Further down the digestive track can’t really handle volumous gas buildup

If the end result is less total emissions, then we've won.

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