Agricultural emissions research levy
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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.
[edit] References
- ^ New Zealand Climate Change Office (June 2003). Agricultural Emissions Research Funding. ISBN 0-478-07757-2.
- ^ http://www.act.org.nz/node/24587 ACT's Message To Farmers: Stand Firm
[edit] External links
- Agricultural Emissions Research Funding - discussion document
- Department of Chemistry, University of Otago - "Methane — and lots of hot air"
- BBC - "NZ flatulence tax outrages farmers"
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