Well, it is fathers day and I had a great one. I started the morning having breakfast with my dad and sister. Later in the morning my wife, kids and I set out for 6 flags park in Valejo. Wow, what a mistake! Traffic was backed up for miles. I thought there was an accident and took the surface streets instead of highway 80.

As we approached the park from the North now, the traffic was still so backed up that we spent 25 minutes on the off ramp! Yes, 25 minutes. My wife made phone calls and we tried to decide if skipping the park would upset the kids too much. As we neared the intersection at the bottom of the off ramp and could see the miles of freeway backed up to the park exit from the other side, we knew, it was not worth the effort.

We headed home and a few hours later took the kids to the new Chuck E Cheese in Concord. This was a much better option, the place is clean and everything works like it should. We went a little overboard on the tokens, but I think we still saved money over the 6 flags option. Although I must point out that we have season passes for 6 flags, so we would have only had to buy food today.

While we were having a nice family / fathers day, news reporters were looking for things to write about. One of the things I discovered tonight is directly related to my work, reducing green house gases. Now let me just say "Happy Fathers Day" and get on to the article;

A quote from the article: - Coventry Valley Farm is one of 15 Vermont farms working with Stonyfield Farm Inc., whose yogurt is made with their organic milk, to reduce the cows' intestinal methane by feeding them flaxseed, alfalfa, and grasses high in Omega 3 fatty acids. The gas cows belch is the dairy industry's biggest greenhouse gas contributor, research shows, most of it emitted from the front and not the back end of the cow. -

This is a step in the right direction. If the cows are happy and I'm sure they are with less gas, then this is the type of change that I perceive as an obvious choice for diary farms. Cows and all related industry account for the largest contribution to green house gases, more than the auto industry. This makes a simple diet change a very powerful and easy improvement for the environment.