Bill Gates: invests in cow gas climate

What is a startup?

A start-up is an organization of people with great transformational power that creates new products or services highly demanded or needed by the market, while planning and marketing are customer oriented. This structure generally operates at a low price, but achieves high-profit growth, maintains constant and open communication with customers, and focuses on increasing sales.

Bill Gates’ new investments

The current business started by Bill Gates has nothing to do with software development, artificial intelligence, telecommunications, or any technology that may have something like Microsoft. In the fight against global warming, the Breakthrough Energy fund, driven by Gates and joined by other industry giants such as Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, or Jack Ma, has decided to support an Australian company with a completely different goal: fighting with cows.

Methane on farms

This is exactly what Rumin8, an Australian startup that has just invested $12 million, intends to do. The process was led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, founded by Bill Gates, and will allow commercial trials in Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. In total, it raised A$25 million between the two rounds of funding, which is equivalent to just over $16,000.

The company is proud to have been able to find a safe and effective solution after 10 years of research. “Current tests show a reduction in methane production of more than 85%, which is equivalent to two tons of carbon per cow per year,” says the startup. Some studies conclude that feeding sea cows can reduce methane emissions by 98%.

When you’re older, it also works differently to make it easier to give your input. He also talks about cows grazing. His views extend beyond Australia. By the end of 2022, the company was preparing to test its methane supplement on 63 cows in Brazil, thanks to an agreement with the State University of São Paulo.

In this regard, the company indicated that “scientists have discovered a solution for enteric methane in grassland plants and red algae, and trials reveal reductions in emissions from livestock”. They are betting on producing a synthetic compound given the costly nature of cultivating algae in the ocean. “Recent studies consistently show a methane reduction of more than 85%, equivalent to two tons of carbon per cow per year,” he stresses. However, some studies conclude that feeding sea cows can reduce methane emissions by 98%. It should be noted that methane production, although lower than CO2, has a serious effect on the world and is closely related to the climate change affecting it, as explained by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). FAO). Every year, around 600 million tons of methane are released into the atmosphere. Of this, about 60% corresponds to human activities. Agriculture accounts for almost half of the global anthropogenic methane emissions.

On the other hand, the Australian startup is not the only one that wants to tackle the livestock epidemic. Scientists have studied in detail the beneficial effects of red algae to reduce their CH4, and have pursued other programs. In New Zealand, they plan to continue the fight against cattle slaughter and raise taxes on it, reported the above-mentioned media.