New Zealand farmers have the Kyoto Protocol to thank for the new tax. Live stock in New Zealand are said to produce about half of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions. To meet the Kyoto targets, farmers of sheep, deer, cow, and goats will be taxed on "emissions" from the livestock.

If only short-sighted green weenies could see the economic impact. For starters, higher food prices and less profitable farms. That means less farmers, which could compound the problem of high prices. Fewer jobs has a destructive effect on the economy, which affects everyone. All in the name of cutting "greenhouse" gases, which have never been proven to hurt the environment in the first place. Considering PLANTS are the main consumer of "greenhouse" gases like CO2, the effect could be less vegetation, and an overall negative impact on the environment.

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