In the future, America will harness cow farts to curb pollution and power the grid. It sounds like a joke, but it's actually a real promise. By 2020, dairy industry emissions will be reduced by 25%, largely by persuading dairy farmers to capture methane gas.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced this at the Copenhagen climate change summit this week. Farmers will be able to buy anaerobic digesters that convert cow, errr, emissions into electricity. - Via: The Presurfer
While this stuff might impress the city folks, most farm kids know better. First: anaerobic digesters don't do a thing about farts, they digest poop. Second: Farmers have been selling or using methane for years. The Coperstown old folks home is heated with it. The Copes had a large set-up since the '80s. (a farm just down from my parents farm) The bugs have been largely sorted out. It's nice to see the ruling class catching up.
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