A special kind of stupid: WEF leader promoting cow masks. Screenshot from YouTube
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Newsweek: Prince Charles Mocked For Backing ‘Crazy’ Climate Change Face Mask For Cows
Reality Check:Physicist Dr. Tom Sheahen: ‘Methane: The Irrelevant Greenhouse Gas’ – ‘Water vapor has already absorbed the very same infrared radiation that Methane might have absorbed’– ‘The tiny increases in methane associated with cows may elicit a few giggles, but it absolutely cannot be the basis for sane regulations or national policy.’
By: Marc Morano
It sounds like a belated April Fool’s joke: On May 24, 2022, the online portal Agrarheute reported that the British startup ZELP ( Zero Emissions Livestock Project ) had developed masks for cows. In this case, however, not to protect them from Corona, but to filter methane.
ZELP is currently testing various prototypes of the cattle masks, according to Agrarheute. These are already able to filter around 30 percent of the methane emitted by ruminants. In the future, this value should be increased to around 60 percent.
The highlight: ZELP was awarded the climate protection prize “Climate Design Award” for the “revolutionary” idea, which was created by WEF figurehead Prince Charles and designer Sir Jony Ive. The cattle mask was one of four winners and received a cash prize of the equivalent of 58 000 euros. Prince Charles supports face masks for cows to fight climate change.
The British monarch is one of the architects of the Great Reset, the name of the 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), held in June 2020. It brought together high-profile business and political leaders, convened by Prince Charles. At the launch event for the Great Reset, he listed key areas for action, similar to those listed in his Sustainable Markets Initiative. These included draconian measures for net zero emissions globally as well as the introduction of carbon pricing.
To prove that this report was not a joke, the portal linked a video in its article that showed the enthusiastic heir to the throne presenting the project.
The 100-gram rubber masks with solar-powered fans are designed to direct the animals’ exhalations into a small chamber and then use chemical processes to convert methane into carbon dioxide, Agrarheute explained. But first farmers have to be convinced to actually use the masks.
One obstacle could be the rather high price: The use costs 45 dollars per cow and year, the equivalent of 41 euros. In addition, the masks would not bring any advantage for the farmer from an economic point of view.
In the comments below the article, readers legitimately wondered whether this message was some kind of joke. Agrarheute immediately confirmed that this was unfortunately not the case.
The claims about methane have been debunked
One reader commented: “Madness or stupidity? Every thinking person understands what nonsense the story about cow’s methane is. A cow is not a perpetual motion machine and it does not create energy out of thin air. The cow lives in the earth’s natural carbon cycle and is not ‘climate-damaging’ (if such a thing exists). Even the climate heroes at Climate Facts know that, although some people don’t like it. They are just producing a lot of garbage, trying to get more money out of the farmers’ pockets, end of the story.”
The three main greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, all impact the environment differently. Methane is known as a “flow gas”, removed from the atmosphere at a rapid pace. Methane’s lifespan in the atmosphere is approximately 10 years, but flow gases will stay stagnant as they are destroyed at the same rate of emission.
Thus the initial method for calculating greenhouse emissions misrepresents the impact of short-lived flow gases, like methane, on future warming.
The hypocrisy of the global elite
The global elite pushing the Great Reset this week emitted thousands of units of carbon dioxide with an estimated lifespan in the atmosphere of 1000 years, meaning carbon dioxide emitted from the year 2022 will still be in the atmosphere in 3022. Meeting via Zoom for example, would have been a much better choice, given their “concerns” about climate change.
Traveling in private jets to the Davos Summit in Switzerland to foist their climate agenda on the rest of the world to “limit global temperature rise and stave off disaster” as stated on its website, “10 private one-way flights departed various European cities on Wednesday evening and landed in St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, the closest airstrip to Davos, emitting approximately 43 440 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere”.
For the WEF annual meeting in 2019 in Davos, according to an analysis from Air Charter Service, The Guardian reported at the time that around 1 500 private jets flew to and from airports near the Swiss town.
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Prince Charles backs face masks for cows in bid to tackle climate change
Prince Charles has backed a radical plan to tackle greenhouse gas emissions.
Methane-catching masks could be attached to cows in an unlikely method of reducing the carbon footprint of the beef industry.
Francisco Norris, founder of design group Zelp (Zero Emissions Livestock Project) – which designed the product, said it was a “great honour” to speak with the Prince, whom he had met previously when presenting a prototype of his product in 2018.
Charles asked with concern whether the device, which is worn around a cow’s head, was “annoying” for the animal, but Mr Norris reassured him that “it doesn’t bother them at all”.
Zelp has been working with one of the UK’s largest meat producers in order to trial the device on cows.
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Related:
Physicist Dr. Tom Sheahen: ‘Methane: The Irrelevant Greenhouse Gas’ – ‘Water vapor has already absorbed the very same infrared radiation that Methane might have absorbed’– ‘The tiny increases in methane associated with cows may elicit a few giggles, but it absolutely cannot be the basis for sane regulations or national policy.’
Study: ‘Methane emissions have a negligible impact’ on climate
https://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/queen-prince-charles-take-your-child-to-work-day/
By Jane Seymour, Royal Editor
The Queen has joined in with National Take Your Child to Work Day, it has emerged.
Her Majesty, 95, took an excited young Charles to the office and showed him the ropes.
Charles, 72, watched in wonder as he saw what mummy got up to in a job he one day hopes to have for himself, although he’d still quietly like to be a train driver or an astronaut.
Royal observer Lorraine Fisher, 34, said: “It was perfectly sweet to see young Charles nervously sitting there with all the grown-ups.
“He was shuffling around on his seat but was not allowed to say a word as The Queen went about her business, reading a speech in the House of Lords.
“He was dressed smartly and had combed what is left of his hair. There’s no doubting it was an exciting day out for him.”
Young Charles was accompanied by his nanny, Camilla.
You win the “Hilarious” award for the day!
I was listening to an interview the other day of former Prime Minister Cameron and he said the Queen met with the Prime Minister every day and the Queen asked very good questions. I didn’t realize the Queen was so intimately involved in being informed of the day-to-day operations of the government.
It was said that Queen Elizabeth had met 13 of the last 14 presidents of the United States.
Queen Elizabeth is a formidable woman. An example for all.
“The three main greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide…”
You forgot THE MAIN green house gas, H2O
I’d guess he’s had 72 years to dream about things rather than deal with reality.
(Many that Hollywood made rich, less the 72 or so years, have the same problem.)
Charles spouts a lot of lunacy about climate – and a number of other things. If he is put on the throne it will be a serious downgrade of the monarchy in the UK.
Yes, we know. The beauty of an hereditory monarchy, with its separation of head of state and head of government is that a bad politician can be removed simply and a bad monarch has so little real power that he can be ignored.
Precisely. That’s the point. Thank you for articulating it so neatly.
JF
yes, the institution tends to have some checks and balances – Edward VIII was substituted by George VI when he insisted on a twice divorced woman becoming Queen. Perhaps some similar arrangement can be made again . Also the maligned Edward VII became a very popular monarch and was largely responsible for the Entente Cordiale before WWI. We have not resorted to civil war since James II when we finished up with a Dutchman.
FFS, and this imbecile is the next King of Australia. Indeed, long live the Queen.
Not for long that will make sure the Australia becomes a REPUBLIC
I would not be so certain of that HB. Australia has shown that it has an exaggerated belief in the nonsense of green energy and climate change , just as it did , and still does with the covid nonsense. the Princes’ ridiculous ideas will probably appeal to the averagre Australian who has just voted in a left wing /green govt on a ballot that was said by the media to have been mainly about climate change (some doubts about that assertion of course).
Classic Monty Python, perfectly possible but quite bizarre
(The English sense-of-humour at work, awesome innit)
Please don’t tell me you feel compelled to launch ‘Infra red spectrums’ ‘absorptions’ and ‘methanogens’ on seeing this – else you are just as naive & gullible muppet as is Chuckles.
Except: he’s maybe in on the joke – his father would certainly have ‘got it’
Miss that Monty!
Not a problem! As long as the first ones are applied to Camilla and Chucky using super glue and gorilla glue duct tape. 😎
Charlie Chump is not ‘The British monarch’ … thats the Queen !
he is the heir apparent to the British throne
He needs his head put in a plastic bag to stop all the garbage & the CO2 he spouts.
This is a ‘man’ who insists his shoe laces are ironed each day..
Cows aren’t that stupid. They would take the annoying mask off.
As to how, put one on a dog, and watch.
Animals emit CO2 and methane. If you want to eliminate that, get rid of the animals, including cows.
Plants emit including CO2 and methane as a breakdown decay product. A sandy desert doesn’t. Problem solved, burry all plant life, promote deserts.
According to this report (seen on another website) there will be no beef or lamb in the UK in a few years time :
https://expose-news.com/2021/07/08/uk-government-report-states-all-uk-airports-must-close-within-the-next-10-years-beef-and-lamb-is-to-be-banned-and-construction-of-new-buildings-must-cease-in-the-name-of-climate-change/
The report is said to come from a consortium including Imperial College , once famous for its science now notorious for being the workplace of Prof Ferguson. (In the ’60s when I was there each head of Dept in Chemistry was a Nobel Prize winner).
Hopefully that report is a spoof , but these days who knows?
Thanks for that report Mikewaite.
53 pages that probably cost 53 million pounds to produce.
It reads like a communist manifesto.You shall do this or else.
These boffins want to reduce your standard of living but’ We will be alright mate in our ivory towers living off the taxpayer ”
The whole paper is bull s!it.
They obviously do not want the British people to prosper as they do not advocate Nuclear Power .
With a phase out of coal ,oil and gas energy generated electricity where will the energy come from ?
The UK is not self sufficient in food production as food is imported from around the world and I cannot see that changing.
They talk about adding on the carbon debt of any imports which is OK ,but our communist government here in New Zealand headed by Jacinda says that half our carbon emissions are from our agriculture because of methane from our animals .
That means that these emissions would be counted twice when they should never ever be counted as they are a cycle. (see my post above )
Then these clowns say that fertilizer can be reduced .
Farmers are much smarter than university professors as they live in the real world .
We do not throw expensive fertilizer around unless we can see an adequate return .
Do these boffins even live in the same world as you and me ?
They then go on with a fantastic idea to phase out concrete and go back to building with bricks .
Imagine when an earthquake hits a 25 story brick sky scraper even with reused steel framing .
I cannot believe that this report could be released and that sane people could not see through it .It is utter nonsense drawn up by idiots .
Every reader here on WUWT should make a point of reading the artical that Mikewaite has posted above .
I know you’re joking, but it wouldn’t work. A desert is a source of dust which blows away and fertilises the oceans. The subsequent plankton blooms pull down a lot of CO2 but when the bloom dies it coats the surface with lipids which cause… all sorts of things. Guugle Sea of Marmora to see the result — it’s warming at twice the normal ocean rate. And it’s covered with sea snot.
JF
(The permian Triassic extinction — the single huge continent would have been very dusty. A vast and continuous diatom bloom?)
That was completely incomprehensible.
I was surprised to read how much natural methane is produced in fjords
see “Fjords Emit as much Methane as All the Deep Oceans Globally” WUWT 30 May 2022
Perhaps someone can put this into perspective
(i) by working out how many cattle would be needed to produce an equivalent amount and
(ii) by working out the percentage of these cattle of the total number of cattle in the world.
I suspect answers will make the claims of the anti-Methane Mob look ludicrous.
“The British monarch is one of the architects of the Great Reset…”
Has something happened to the Queen? The UK media have kept that quiet.
Surely this article is taking the P?
UK was the epicentre some year ago of Mad Cow disease (BSE) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mad-cow-disease-in-the-uk-what-is-bse-and-what-are-the-symptoms-a6675351.html
Being forced to wear this contraption would send any cow mad and would have to be a case for prosecution for animal cruelty!
Charles is famous for being naïve. His lack of intelligence and lack of any scientific training or even understanding of how science fits into everyday life is demonstrated almost every time he is given air time.
In Italy he is affectionately known as Il Tamponi. in deference to his famous taped conversation with his now wife Camila. A phone conversation held when he was being unfaithful to Diana.
His isolation from reality could not be more acute. As heir to the throne his cosseted existence ensures he never interacts with everyday people, or with everyday issues.
His life is mapped out. He is however, allowed to have the occasional flight of fancy, be away with the fairies on matters of no real consequence. Burping cows being just the latest foray into lunacy, just slightly more insane than his talking to trees issues.
NB I am a royalist by tradition, I just find the team waiting in the wings to take over the throne from the Queen about as unsuited and frighteningly pointless as it can get.
Long Live the Queen…..please.
Yes – but the only positive achievement of Queenie’s that I can think of is that she hasn’t disgraced her office, unlike vrtually all of the other royals. She has certainly never resisted any of the depredations of the British politicians.
The Queen’s role is to be the symbolic head of state. She has no authority and no power in British politics. She is not allowed for obvious reasons to resist the elected government of the day.
The alternative to having a Royal head of state, would be to have a President with political power such as Biden, or a dictator with totalitarian power such as Putin or Xi.
Hopeless as it would appear to those looking on, the Royal head of state option seems less hopeless than Biden, or Putin or Xi.
I could be wrong…..
Actually the so-called head of state does nothing nowadays, so just scrap the office. There is no point and no need to have a replacement.
However, she could certainly have resisted many political directives – as of course she did, whilst Philip was alive concerning giving a knight of the Garter to the knight of the gutter, Bliar,
I should imagine you were a great admirer of Jeremy Corbyn – if elected he would never have set foot in the Palace. Preferring to hang out with the PLO or IRA
I bet you are referring to Tony Blair.
I wrote to Prince Charles some time ago explaining how CO2 could not possibly cause global warming. I received a very respectful letter from Buckingham Palace; my letter being filed under ‘Cranks’ no doubt. Of course I didn’t realise he was more concerned with cows and CH4 than CO2.Nevertheless I urge you all to write to Prince Charles at Highgrove House, Tetbury Gloucestershire UK with your views and I bet that not many will receive a respectful reply from Buckingham Palace.
What about little
Masks for termites
Just think, putting masks on cows, yet, they say the animals are the dumb ones!
Yes, yes; but is he thinking of Jacinda, Lucas and Sturgeon?
Don’t forget Carrie the cow…..
A couple of years of this clown prince at the head of the monarchy and the Brits will be voting for Chuxit.
I keep thinking about what happened to Charles the first!
No, we’ll inherit the latest US President. Brandon someone?
How’s that working out?
JF
I imagine some day there will be an effective treatment for dementia, restoring the brain’s ability to store and retrieve long-term memory.
I hope, for more reasons than just this one, that this breakthrough comes soon, because I’d like to see the moment when Biden is treated, all of his wonky past comes back to him (until about the time he ran for VP, he was actually a fairly decent Senator, if such an animal exists).
The light in his eyes comes back on. Then the doctors tell him he was president. He’s shocked and maybe a bit sad, because he doesn’t remember. But the fulfillment of a life-long dream.
Then they play a tape for him detailing many of his mistakes and showing some of his speeches. The light goes back out, never to return.
These masks use fans running on batteries to pass the burp through a filter that converts the methane to CO2
If you think CO2 is an issue please explain how this device is useful.
I suppose you could call it a cowalytic converter.
I looked up ZELP’s website. Their office isn’t far from me – in the rural area of, um, central London.
Their website doesn’t actually have a picture of the mask – probably because they know it looks so damn ridiculous. Needless to say, they got funding from the awful and wasteful EU.
not bad
A load of bull married to an old cow
From the article: “Prince Charles supports face masks for cows to fight climate change.”
Long live the Queen!
Hang in there, Queen Elizabeth. Keep King Doofus off the throne as long as possible.
Unfortunately, when it comes to climate change, King Doofus’ son is a chip off the old block; Another climate change doofus. So there won’t be much climate change common sense in England after the Queen is gone.
From the article: “The global elite pushing the Great Reset this week emitted thousands of units of carbon dioxide with an estimated lifespan in the atmosphere of 1000 years”
Estimated by whom? How did they reach this conclusion? Have we been studying CO2 in the atmosphere for 1000 years?
There are other, much shorter estimates.
Putting a permanent mask of silence on Prince Charles would improve the climate debate, the cows not so much.
Why would anyone expect anything else from that moron?
I can never understand this idiotic motion, that CO2 which we emit stays in the atmosphere for 1000 years. Isn’t CO2 constantly recycled? Apart from bush fires, volcanoes and burning of fossil fuels, most of it comes from decaying organic matter which is then absorbed by plants. So what sense does “carbon dioxide with an estimated lifespan in the atmosphere of 1000 years” make? This is woo language…
He already is King of the Idiots. I’m glad those fine folks in the mid 1770s colonies decided to make a clean break with the in-bred British royalty.
Photo caption:
“Does it come in Camilla’s size?”