A while back, I asked a question about capturing methane gas from cows to use as alternative energy and got some Ha Ha, Ho Ho answers, some were suggesting insterting plumbing parts into cows etc. Pacific Gas and Electric is doing this on a very large scale and it is working amazing well, with nothing inserted in cows, put that in your pipe and smoke it! The same pipe you wanted to insert in the cows! Ha!
2007-12-01 03:13:04 · 3 answers · asked by Robert D 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
With no insult intended; I so often wonder what better ways one might spend time than to ask "spoofy"??? Obviously we NEED viable alternatives to the current situations.
Some issues certainly, in this example; might be smell; logistics; methods used; IE: Carrying a cow around in the back of my pickup; disposal of all that isn't GAS; etc. etc. etc.
I used to MILK cows; and I cannot imagine their displeasure at having "PLUMBING" installed.
In being mildly addicted to shows such as "The Universe" on the History channel; I suspect I don't want to live in; and probably wouldn't last long; in a World that experienced or burned off high levels of Methane. I've grown so used to the current pollutants; but don't know if I could absorb many more.
Beyond all that however; are the impracticalities for small time operations using methane. Certainly someone can come up with a way to simply "Burn" AIR or WATER to power our society. Oh wait,,,that's been attempted,,,but the CRUDE OIL lobbyists, politicians, and GREED merchants; still control our modes of/or motivation; in that regard.
2007-12-01 03:48:24 · answer #1 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Methane has been "farmed" at landfills for a long time.
It is a common source of gas in 3rd world countries where animal poop is used to generate methane.
What's old is new again.
2007-12-02 14:19:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its been done for decades!
2007-12-01 03:22:43 · answer #3 · answered by Wounded Duck 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋