Would You Like Fries with That?

Britain’s program to destroy much of their stock of cattle in an effort to stamp out “mad cow” disease is not progressing as rapidly as planned. “There is no way we can use conventional incinerators because that capacity isn’t available,” said Roger Freeman, the agricultural minister responsible for the program. “We need to look at something radical, and we are trialling different incineration methods.” Like what? Freeman is checking with electric utilities to see if they can burn cow parts to help generate electricity. Freeman must figure out how to burn 750,000 cattle to ashes in the next year. (Reuters) ...I’ve heard of mood lighting, but this is ridiculous.