Government Lackey Announces Plan to Reduce BS

Well not actually bullsh*t, but rather the methane gas given off by cow manure. Ever since the EPA announced that they were going to crackdown on the so-called greenhouse gases, the enviro crowd has engaged the warp drive to cram this down everybody's throats. The target here is cattle farmers, and as always the biggest concern among those who will have to try and live up the pie in sky, deluded dreams of the enviro wackos is the cost.

The plan calls for persuading more American farmers to purchase an anaerobic digester, which essentially converts cow manure into electricity. The problem is that, so far, only 2 percent of U.S. dairy farmers are using the technology, mostly because it is too costly for family farmers.

So far this only a memorandum asking for voluntary cooperation. Yeah, right. As soon as the goals aren't being met the all powerful EPA will swoop in with their taxes, fines, and penalties to encourage the recalcitrant offenders into obedience.

Tom Vilsack, the Agriculture Secretary, hinted at just such a thing.

Vilsack acknowledged that farmers, who would be exempt from capping their emissions under current climate legislation, would be motivated to take part by selling offsets or emission credits on voluntary carbon markets, or eventually in a government cap and trade system.