December 12, 2006 3:41PM 

# apoCOWlipto 

By [Jerry Taylor](https://www.cato.org/people/jerry-taylor) 

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[According to a report out last week](http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2062484.ece) from the UN Food &amp; Agricultural Organisation, the humble cow (all 1.5 billion of them) is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than all the world’s planes, trains, and automobiles combined.

If I have to choose between shutting down coal-powered power plants and cleansing the earth of cows, I’ll give up Mayor McCheese. But would that mean another jihad — this time, with the Hindus? Life is never easy.….

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[Energy and Environment](https://www.cato.org/research/energy-environment), [General](https://www.cato.org/general) 

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