#Thecowsarestillhere

[Bill the Bass]

I sincerely Hope the NFU and our other representative bodies are making hay with this

Coronavirus: Air pollution and CO2 fall rapidly as virus spreads

Some regions show significant drops in air pollutants as the coronavirus hits work and travel.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[devonbeef]

I sincerely Hope the NFU and our other representative bodies are making hay with this

Coronavirus: Air pollution and CO2 fall rapidly as virus spreads

Some regions show significant drops in air pollutants as the coronavirus hits work and travel.

www.bbc.co.uk

Its a golden opportunity to finally prove what is actually causing the environment damage. Lets hope somebody who has some media power to make something of it. If we can,t promote ourselfs now there is no hope. The message needs to be spread far and wide by all of us.May be leave it a month or two not to rubs faces in it.
I would have thought it would be time for a elms rethink to.

 

[delilah]

I sincerely Hope the NFU and our other representative bodies are making hay with this

Thing is.
They will struggle to do so, seeing as they have spent the last 12 months delivering the line "we know cows are polluting the planet, we apologize, there are less cows than there were so we are getting there, bear with us".
Bit difficult to turn that round into "it's ok kids, we got it wrong, cows are ok" ?

 

[matthew]

Thought the same when the news showed the before and after smog around cities, and put the blame firmly and unilaterally on air travel and car journeys.
No mention of cattle.

 

[TheTallGuy]

I would be wary of being seen to try & score points off the back of the current situation.

 

[CollCrofter]

I would be wary of being seen to try & score points off the back of the current situation.

I agree with you but if not now then when?

 

[JP1]

And some of the footage of the clear seas etc

 

[Bald Rick]

Thing is.
They will struggle to do so, seeing as they have spent the last 12 months delivering the line "we know cows are polluting the planet, we apologize, there are less cows than there were so we are getting there, bear with us".
Bit difficult to turn that round into "it's ok kids, we got it wrong, cows are ok" ?

Reverse ferreting ... just have to do it with panache

 

[delilah]

I would be wary of being seen to try & score points off the back of the current situation.

Fair enough.
Because after all.
The forces of darkness - those who would see live markets closed, those who would see further consolidation across every sector of UK agriculture as a good thing, those who would see independent retailers/pubs/restaurant driven out of business - will clearly be waiting a polite period of time before looking to capitalize on current events.

 

[Buford T. Justice]

Fair enough.
Because after all.
The forces of darkness - those who would see live markets closed, those who would see further consolidation across every sector of UK agriculture as a good thing, those who would see independent retailers/pubs/restaurant driven out of business - will clearly be waiting a polite period of time before looking to capitalize on current events.

The thing is, though, those figures aren't going anywhere. They'll be around next month, next year and whenever they're needed for use.
And they quite clearly show that even as Agriculture stayed at the same level of emissions and production, industry, aviation and transport related pollution is falling off a cliff.

 

[Scholsey]

I agree with you but if not now then when?

When people stop dying, loosing their jobs and entire lives being turned upside down.

 

[delilah]

The thing is, though, those figures aren't going anywhere.

The figures might not be going anywhere. But the pubs, restaurants and independent retailers who we deal with are: down the pan. Does anyone really think that Boris is decreeing what is, and what isn't, 'essential' without big business having a word in his ear ?
Doing my bit though. #pintanight day 4. Going to keep calling in on the way home till they shut Tesco.

 

[Daddy Pig]

I think agricultural emissions might rise a bit when the ground dries up and all those nasty big polluting tractors and foragers get fired up

 

[wanton dwarf]

I think agricultural emissions might rise a bit when the ground dries up and all those nasty big polluting tractors and foragers get fired up

A few thousand tractors as opposed to 100s of millions of cars, lorries, buses, trains & airplanes ?

 

[Tarw Coch]

I think agricultural emissions might rise a bit when the ground dries up and all those nasty big polluting tractors and foragers get fired up

The fuel used in one trans Atlantic flight would keep my farm going for many years.

 

[delilah]

The stewardesses used in one trans Atlantic flight would keep me going for many years.

edited that for you

 

[nosmokenopoke]

Bet there’ll be a few vegans secretly buying the last beef burger when supplies get low ?

 

[icanshootwell]

I sincerely Hope the NFU and our other representative bodies are making hay with this

Coronavirus: Air pollution and CO2 fall rapidly as virus spreads

Some regions show significant drops in air pollutants as the coronavirus hits work and travel.

www.bbc.co.uk

Mother nature has a way of righting it,s self.

 

[averageguy54]

Mother nature has a way of righting it,s self.

And maybe, that's what she's doing right now.

 

[Scholsey]

And maybe, that's what she's doing right now.

she’s been trying for years with cancer but we keep curing it