Bozur
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Post by Bozur on Aug 3, 2008 23:01:30 GMT -5
Agricultural emissions research levy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search
The Agricultural emissions research levy (commonly described as a "flatulence tax" or "fart tax") was a tax proposed in New Zealand in 2003 to assist with compliance with the Kyoto Protocol.[1]
The tax would target the release of methane by farm animals, which in New Zealand account for over 50% of the greenhouse gas emissions. The name of the tax is misleading, since most ruminant methane production is a product of the burping of methane produced by bacteria in the first stomach (the rumen) rather than of flatulence.
The proposed tax was opposed by the ACT Party[2] and the National Party. Shane Ardern, a National Party MP drove a tractor up the steps of Parliament as part of a protest against the tax. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_emissions_research_levy
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