Should you buy candy bars from people who are insane?: Cadbury's Works to Reduce Bovine Emissions : TreeHugger

Whether it's using garlic to fight cow's methane emissions, or an increase in chopped hay/straw feed reducing greenhouse gases, cow belches are an urgent problem that needs addressing. In fact, the problem is so severe that the chocolate maker Cadbury's estimates methane emissions from cows are responsible for a whopping 60% of their Dairy Milk chocolate bars' greenhouse gas footprint. Now, according to the Guardian, they are working with farmers to tackle their dairy-related carbon/methane footprint:

Cadbury has sent the farmers a guide for low carbon dairy farming, which includes advice on changing the diet of the cows to cut their eructations.

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The heliospheric current sheet as solar cycle proxy « Watts Up With That?

[David Archibald] The heliospheric current sheet, for the last three minima, has got down to 3°. The last reading was 8.7°. It has been declining at an average of 8.6° per annum. If it holds that rate, solar minimum will be in August 2009. If it holds to the orange bounding line, solar minimum could be as late as April 2010. The last reading on the classic series is 22.8° and this series got down to 10° on average in previous solar minima. At its decline rate, solar minimum will be in another 1.9 years, which is late 2010.

To paraphrase a popular aphorism, Solar Cycle 23 isn’t over until the heliospheric current sheet has flattened, and it has a way to go yet.