It isn't my SUV after all

Experts target rice as climate culprit - Boston.com I can't wait for the "No Blood for Rice" slogans... or whatever.

Methane emissions from flooded rice paddies contribute to global warming just as coal-fired power plants, automobile exhausts and other sources do with the carbon dioxide they spew into the atmosphere.

In fact, the report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change meeting this week in Bangkok concludes that rice production was a main cause of rising methane emissions in the 20th century. It calls for better controls.

And here I was going to have a burrito (with rice) for lunch. [via Bitter via Ken]