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How Many Cowpower is That?

Posted by timothy on from the and-giggles dept.

Zlorfik writes: " Accoring to a a Des Moines Register story, a new facility in Iowa can generate enough renewable energy from 700 cows to power 1,000 100-watt bulbs." This sounds like a good reason to switch to a slightly more efficient lighting system.

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  1. Re:I'm confused... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Brownouts." Heh. Heh.

  2. obDidn'tRTFA by JabberWokky · · Score: 3, Funny
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    But aren't cows more expensive to burn than coal or oil?

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  3. The Matrix by Adrian+Voinea · · Score: 2, Funny

    This sound like The Matrix... for cows ;)

  4. Cows in the news by n-baxley · · Score: 3, Funny

    In an unsuccessful attempt to find the real story link, I searched the Des Moines Register for "cow power". I ended up with over 50 hits. Not many news sites can say that!

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