Are farts, greenhouse gases causing global warming?

Question

and if so, then should I be considered a major threat to humanity? :)

Answer 1

no, its fumes from cars and factories etc.

Answer 2

better watch out, Al Gore will charge you for those farts

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Answer 3

Always remember Al Gore is an idoit.

Answer 4

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Natural gas (or Methane along with other thanes) for example, is completely a natural contributer to global warming and is derived pretty much the same way as oil. ie. Matter (animal, plant etc) decomposes over time resulting in a anaerobic (hope I spelled that right) decay of non-fossil organic material / gas (natural gas or methane).

One problem with global warming is that the concept is so vague in the minds of the people. The critical interpretation is basically how it’s explained in school and the news. However most of the public see global warming connected with the ozone and pollutants which cause harmful greenhouse gasses, etc. therefore investigating and fighting for things like alternative energy (ie. Solar, wind, hydrogen, ethanol, biodiesel, etc)

Greenhouse gases are real and do contribute to global warming. Think of the different gas layers like ozone (o3) that circumference the globe as the clear plastic on a greenhouse. Longer rays of light from the Sun go in and reflect off different thermal masses bouncing back and creating shorter lengths of energy that cannot exist the plastic barrier. These beams then just continue to bounce around inside the green house until they’re finally absorbed completely (some do escape but very few), thereby warming the greenhouse greatly even in cold temperatures.

Basically there are 2 ways that this reaction (or lack of) affects the planet. Global warming and global cooling.

1. as we add to the gases in the stratosphere, where the ozone layer is (Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, etc), we add to the plastic of the greenhouse, trapping more short wave length energy and heating the earth more.

2. as we deplete the ozone (with chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs), we allow more long wave length energy, which bounces back out to space without heating any thermal masses on earth, thereby cooling the planet.

It’s pretty easy to see the results..

Melting ice sheets & glaciers

Floods & droughts

Great hurricanes & cyclones

Seasonal extremes

Seasonal phenomena’s

Species extinction

New & resurgent diseases

There are many ways to stop both global warming and cooling from accruing or at least slow them down until we can discover a way to reverse it, but Stop burning fossil fuels is the biggest.

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Answer 5

All humans and animals emit methane (?) gas.

Answer 6

the U.N says that animal farts contribute 18% of the current co2 increase (I wonder how much that study cost us) this is far more than all the vehicles on earth contribute. I'm unable to discover if they included human farts in this study. oddly enough kangaroo farts do not contribute to green house gasses & some studys are being undertaken to see if we can change the digestive chemistry of domestic livestock to that of kangaroos to reduce the greenhouse gas output,SERIOUSLY I'm not making this up. so you are contributing to global warming( unless your a kangaroo) I would like to suggest that you never eat again so you wont have to feel guilty about it, or at least, please f**t into a balloon.

Answer 7

Bovine flatulence is seriously considered a prime contributor.  Bovine feculence must surely be equally important.

Answer 8

Gasses from biological sources are generated as the end result of a long chain of natural processes that took green house gasses out of the air. So it is just recycling components of the air through bodies and back to the air.

Gasses emitted by burning fossil fuel are taking material that has been locked up underground for millions of years and changing it into gasses and adding those gasses to the atmosphere. It is not recycling components of the air at all.

The first does not upset the balance of gasses in the air but the second does.

Answer 9

Surprisingly, yes they do.  Cow's farts and burps are helping global warming a lot.  It has been researched that cows are as bad for our ecosystem as cars!

Answer 10

In Coffs Harbour N.S.W, Bananna Leaf fed cattle have been causing some concern. As the methane they expell is greater than other cattle.

Answer 11

Most definatley!  They are very bad for the planet.  I propose we contact Algore and get him on this right away.  He won a Nobel Peace Prize you know.  He can fix it.

Answer 12

Yes, and seeing as humans are destroying the earth, I propose we destroy all humans. You go first.

Answer 13

Yes farts is one of the greenhouse gases, it's called methane. i dont know if you called say that it is a major threat to humanity?!