Cow Manure --> Electricity

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Posted by michael on Sunday March 9, 2003 @09:00AM from the cow-power dept.

jmtpi writes "ABCNews has a story about a dairy farm in Minnesota that uses its cow manure to generate enough electricity to power the farm plus 80 homes and create fertilizer. There's also a more detailed story."

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This story... by asramchusak · 2003-03-09 09:01 · Score: 5, Funny

Is a crock of shit. :)

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I smell a winner! by FrostedWheat · 2003-03-09 09:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Ahhh the sweet smell of efficency. *takes a deep breath*

*faints*
1. Re:I smell a winner! by paganizer · 2003-03-09 10:09 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Yup, sounds like a real Cash Cow.
  
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truimph the cow says... by dotgod · 2003-03-09 09:05 · Score: 4, Funny

That's a nice generator...
FOR ME TO POOP ON!
Re:Which just goes to prove... by ATMAvatar · 2003-03-09 09:13 · Score: 5, Funny

... the power of bullshit.

If we could round up all the politicians in DC, we could power the world.

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Wow by Anonymous Coward · 2003-03-09 09:14 · Score: 5, Funny

22000 gal manure per day/ 760 cows = 30 gal/cow per day

Doesn't that seem a little hi?
1. Re:Wow by Kafka_Canada · 2003-03-09 10:32 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Doesn't that seem a little hi?
  
  That strikes me as more of a big hello.
  
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Now... by Quixote · 2003-03-09 09:50 · Score: 4, Funny

If only someone could come up with a way to generate electricity from the crap that people post here....
Re:Be a patriot! by DavidBrown · 2003-03-09 09:53 · Score: 4, Funny

Remember, when you leave that cow manure alone, you are leaving it alone with Osama bin Ladin.

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Re:Methane wasted at many facilities by Typingsux · 2003-03-09 10:02 · Score: 4, Funny

You think you thought up the idea, but people already pay for each others shit.
It's called Ebay

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Indian civilization knows the value of manure. :) by Sri+Ramkrishna · 2003-03-09 10:15 · Score: 4, Funny

Bah, we Indians have been using cow manure for a variety of things for hundreds if not thousands of years. I'm not surprised that there is even more useful things we could do it. It's been a replacement for Lysol and fuel. This method is also used in India called Gorba gas. :P

They laughed at us when we told them that cows were holy. Guess, whose laughing now?!

Cow Zindabad, Cow Zindabad! :-) [trans. long life to cows]

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