No. As Andrew pointed out, it's biological carbon, which is essentially recycled.
It does very slightly increase atmospheric *methane*, which is another greenhouse gas (more potent in the short term, though shorter-lived), but human flatulence is... not a very important source of atmospheric methane. No matter how many bowls of beans people eat.
Eat away. The flatulence won't amount to a fart in a perfume factory.
No.
Flatus, from any species, comes from digesting plants. The plants pulled the CO2 out of the air, the flatus returns it to the air. It's part of the natural carbon cycle.
Burning a hundred million years of hydrocarbon creation in a century and a half, now THAT increases atmospheric CO2 levels....
Not much.
But I light mine to convert the methane to C02 and water, just to help a little.
Not a drop in the proverbial bucket PS Don't follow lame links to dailymail as they print lies and misinform without checking the validity of the source That is why kano links to them
When is Obama going to crack down on vegans considering that they emit more AGW gases than meat eaters.
Climate change minister Baroness Verma thinks so http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...
I really don't think so..
I'm considering a bowl of beans with dinner tonight. Will the fart harm the environment?
