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Environment & Energy

Recoverin_Republican

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3. in Europe this is used much more than here. It's a win-win-win situation since farmers spend money

Reply to sue4e3 (Original post)

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 06:58 PM

Nov 2015

to deal with waste which releases methane into the atmosphere. Instead of devoting land and spending the money dealing with the waste material as waste, spending money to set up an anaerobic digestor reduces methane released to atmosphere and the methane can be used as a fuel replacing fossil fuel natural gas.

Hog farms produce an enormous amount of waste and so far only a few of these industrial farms are exploring using anaerobic digesters.

What to Do About Pig Poop? North Carolina Fights a Rising Tide
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141028-hog-farms-waste-pollution-methane-north-carolina-environment/

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When will the world wake up to the potential of poo power? [View all] sue4e3 Nov 2015 OP

pee too. mopinko Nov 2015 #1

Literally fueled by Bullsh*t nationalize the fed Nov 2015 #2

in Europe this is used much more than here. It's a win-win-win situation since farmers spend money Recoverin_Republican Nov 2015 #3

I used to read about farmers using methane gas... ljm2002 Nov 2015 #4

What happens to the carbon? LouisvilleDem Nov 2015 #5