Cows On Treadmills Produce Clean Power For Farms

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday April 19, 2010 @04:05AM from the mooves-you-to-tears dept.

separsons writes "William Taylor, a farmer in Northern Ireland, recently developed the Livestock Power Mill, a treadmill for cows. Taylor uses the device to generate clean, renewable power for his farm. Cows are locked into a pen on top of a non-powered, inclined belt. The cows' walking turns the belt, which spins a gearbox to drive a generator. One cow can produce about two kilowatts of electricity, enough energy to power four milking machines. It may seem like a kooky idea, but Taylor could be onto something: According to his calculations, if the world's 1.3 billion cattle used treadmills for eight hours a day, they could provide six percent of the world's power!"

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Re:You're married? Bwahahahaha... what's his name? by roman_mir · 2010-04-19 23:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

don't be so upset, you'll find yourself someone who could love you one day, I mean even the ugliest and the dumbest and even the most morally absent creatures find someone, I am sure you will too.

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Upset? No just laughing about 2 guys being married by Anonymous Coward · 2010-04-20 01:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hilarious. How'd you pull that one off, and once more: What's your husband's name?