Save the world: Eat a kangaroo!

[unixronin]

Switching from beef to kangaroo burgers could significantly help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, says an Australian scientist.

The methane gas produced by sheep and cows through belching and flatulence is more potent than carbon dioxide in the damage it can cause to the environment.

But kangaroos produce virtually no methane because their digestive systems are different.

Comments

[dafydd.livejournal.com]

"Kangaroo burgers will put bounce in your step!"

[n5red.livejournal.com]

Kangaroo is pretty good. Not all that far from beef in taste.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

I love kangaroo, and would classify it taste-wise as a cross between beef and venison. It's very lean, too.

[rbos.livejournal.com]

Would kangaroos do well in North American climate and vegetation?

Would they produce similar amounts and qualities of meat per pound of food?

I wonder.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

They do very well on the imported grasses planted for cattle consumption, so the answer there is "yeah, they'd probably be okay on American grassland as long as it was hot and dry enough".

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

How are they at being bred and ranched? To satisfy the meat diet of America (and the emerging economies of the world) we need to be able to raise large quantities of the beasties.

[wyrdling.livejournal.com]

the wild wild west would turn into more of the weird west...
not such a bad idea, that. i'd eat kangaroo ;)

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

"Keep Austin the West Weird!" ;)