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Santas flatulent reindeer will emit 22 tonnes of CO2 farting their way across UK Professor Phil Garnsworthy, of the University of Nottingham, has worked out how much harmful methane Rudolph and his pals would belch out as they deliver presents The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Join the Secret Elves to get first access to our exclusive reviews of the must-have products this year.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the in...

But methane is 28 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide over a 100-year period.   As a result, each reindeer would emit 5.8g/km of CO2-equivalent as they burp their way around the UK - meaning Santa’s fleet of nine reindeers would be emitting 52g/km of CO2-eq overall. Across the whole of the UK, Santa and his reindeers would emit the equivalent of 21.8 tonnes of CO2 as they travel the 419,000 kilometres in total. This would roughly be enough to cook a turkey in 914,013 ho...