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| Danish farmers face world-first livestock 'flatulence tax' of up to £84-per-cow in bid to lower... |
| 2024-06-28 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] … greenhouse gas emissions by 70% by 2030. Livestock contributes around 14.5 percent of greenhouse gas emissions globally. To tackle the scourge, Danish farmers will be expected to pay 300 kroner (around £35) per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent from 2030, up to 750 kroner (around £85) by 2035 - with cows, on average producing around six metric tonnes per year. Due to an income tax deduction of 60%, the effective cost per ton will start at 120 kroner (£13.60) and increase to 300 kroner by 2035, amounting to a charge of around £75 per cow up to £190 by 2035. The tax is to be approved in the 179-seat Folketing, or parliament, but the bill is expected to pass after the broad-based consensus. According to Statistic Denmark, there were as of June 30, 2022, 1,484,377 cows in the Scandinavian country, a slight drop compared to the previous year. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #1 Oh yeah, smart, raising the price of a basic like food to show your virtue. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-06-28 19:01 |