Looks like the battle of rats is going well for some parts of New York City.
"This method seems to smoke them out, literally," said one local.
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That's fine, they've killed a few living outside in burrows, but what about the ones living in the walls of the buildings and inside the apartments themselves? Are they just going to tent the entire city and gas it?
And where are the Rat's Rights advocates on this?
Tent and gas NYFC??????
ReplyDeleteLet's not dismiss this idea too hastily, now. If it works, we can do the District of Criminals next.
+1 Let's not be to hasty in condemnation. Maybe tent and gas 5-10 major cities and get some good data first.
Delete"Are they just going to tent the entire city and gas it?" Hmmmm
ReplyDeleteWould it be in bad taste to start by tenting the areas bounded by an aerial wire in each of the borroughs, just to see if it was possible?
DeleteProbably get 6 million rats from the test, and a few decades bitching about it in schools...
10$ a tail, the city will be empty of rats in a month, hotdogs will be cheaper too.
ReplyDeleteNo, people will start rat farms.
DeleteIndia tried that with Cobras. Smart villagers bred so many Cobras for the bounty that the government had to stop the payments.
DeleteVillagers then dumped their Cobras, leading to a larger problem than when the program began.
Hang anyone running a rat farm and carry on.
DeleteI've used dry ice (CO2) in burrows of ground squirrels when we had population explosions. Works well.
ReplyDeleteMy dad the science teacher liked calcium carbide and water to gas ground dwellers. This has the added bonus of using a spark to complete the process,lol.
DeleteHahahahahahahahahahaha….
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So there should be a whole lot fewer politicians in NYC if the rat killing is going well
ReplyDeleteJD
Starker here,
ReplyDeleteI don't understand the reason to use Carbon Monoxide (CO), when Carbon Dioxide (CO2) or Nitrogen would work by displacing the oxygen. Like B said dry ice works. It seems to me that they would be cheaper too. But, I don't think like a democrat.
The rats will detect the Carbon Dioxide and move to fresh air. All mammals have a suffocation reaction, not due to insufficient oxygen but excess Carbon Dioxide in the blood. So if you replace the air with anything inert, other then CO2, mammals will suffocate without realizing it. As far as Nitrogen goes, it would work but is slightly more expensive.
DeleteI'd be concerned about them decaying inside the walls.
ReplyDeleteSteve
Gassing everyone in New York would not be a bad thing....
ReplyDeleteB-b-but isn't CO2 that deadly Global Warming Gas?
ReplyDeleteGonna need to see an Environmental Impact Statement on this.
I wonder if the IDF is inspired. Rats, either 4 or 2 legged, will fall to the gas.
ReplyDeleteI rather like the idea of Oxy/Acetylene better…
ReplyDelete>:o)
Teach marksmanship and hand out pellet guns.
ReplyDeleteI'd think that the risk of increasing CO levels in the city's air in general would mean this isn't viable at scale. I.E. Risk of poisoning passersby.
ReplyDeleteAs for using CO2 or nitrogen, yes that'll displace the oxygen. But CO doesn't need to, so it's lethal at MUCH lower concentrations.
John G
*raises hand
ReplyDeleteI'd like to volunteer Baltimore as a test city for the "tent and gas" operation.
Where's the guy wit the flute when ya really need him?
ReplyDeleteWhat about the climate freaks. Releasing any gas with the word carbon in it will cause a melt down. Cats and dogs will be sleeping together.
ReplyDeleteI've been wondering why they haven't been doing this in Gaza for the tunnels there.
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