Question

My science teacher says that cattle flatulence is destroying the ozone layer. If this is true, what can we do to regulate the flatulence output of cattle in order to preserve the ozone?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,905360,00.html

http://www.google.com/search?as_q=cattle+flatulence&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=title&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images

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If your teacher is talking about methane, methane is a potent GREENHOUSE gas. Changes to the greenhouse effect are not the same as destruction of the ozone layer.

Ozone depletion is caused by halogens in the atmosphere. The main source of halogen atoms in the stratosphere is photodissociation (i.e. by sunlight)of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) compounds, commonly called freons, and of bromofluorocarbon compounds known as halons. None of which are produced in cattle flatulence.