The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire has reportedly backed an Australian-based startup looking to stop cows from burping methane emissions, pouring funds into research around livestock food supplements.

According to a press release, Gates’ firm Breakthrough Energy Ventures, with participation from Harvest Road Group, raised $12 million for Rumin8, a climate technology company.

Rumin8 studies solutions to reducing livestock emissions, and their latest initiative identifies “anti-methanogenic properties” that can be produced efficiently and for a low cost to eventually feed to livestock.

The dietary supplement is synthetically replicated from an active ingredient found in red seaweed called bromoform, which prohibits the creation of methane.

https://nypost.com/2023/01/23/bill-g...-from-burping/

There's already a product on the market, Bovaer that does this. Having a few companies is better than just one of course.

https://www.dairyreporter.com/Articl...ance-on-bovaer


I forget the company's name in Brazil that's the world's largest beef exporter, but they started using it about 2 years ago. No doubt Gates will use his money to try forcing use of the product from company he's backing, and US media will glorify the company since he's paying corporate media many millions as well.