if cows didn’t exist, would there be as much natural disasters? :P

Question: if cows didn't exist, would there be as much natural disasters? :P
- Keywords:
  cow,
  disaster,
  natural
Asked by ellie360 to Eoin on 16 Mar 2011.
- Eoin Lettice answered on 16 Mar 2011:
  
  Hi Ellie,
  I suppose this is a bit like the “butterfly effect” where one small change can alter something much larger. No, I don’t think there would be less natural disasters if there were no cows. I don’t think the two are that closely related.
  On the otherhand, I know that cows do produce a huge amount of methane, which contributes towards climate change. This is in turm could change the amount of hurricanes, bad storms, etc, that we see.
  It’s an interesting question!
  
  Eoin

Question: if cows didn't exist, would there be as much natural disasters? :P