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From: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
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Subject: Re: More Budget Busters
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Date: 12 Dec 90 02:31:53 GMT
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In article <1990Dec10.093753.1992@desire.wright.edu> sbishop@desire.wright.edu writes:
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>Another interest that is pushing the 'cow gas' study is the coal/fuel industry. 
>I think they may be hoping it will take some of the heat off them.  No one
>seems to think about what it was like when millions of buffalo covered the 
>western plains.  The 'cow gas' problem sounds to me like a lot of 'bull'.

Just like the horse, there are more horses in the US today than in 1900,
there are many more cows in the US today than there ever were buffalo in
pre-colonial days. While I agree that the cow gas thing does sound like
a lot of bull, I was really surprised when I discovered that the number
of domestic animals in this country today is far greater than the number of
wild creatures that existed prior to the white colonization of North 
America. Note: I'm not counting insects. If insects are counted, the number
of living creatures hasn't changed significantly from prehistory.

Gary