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Cow Power!!! Electricity for 400 homes.

Reblogger William Moore
Real Estate Agent with Innovative Realty

Yeah! cows to the rescue!

Original content by Bob Foster

We have all heard of horsepower, but the farmer who rents the agricultural land on my property has gone one step further - cow power!


(Photo credit: Richard Turtle)


He has installed a couple of methane digesters that take the waste from the cattle (cow poo) and turn it into methane which is used to run electricity generators.

Are you ready for this? - On this farm alone they will be able to generate enough power to meet the needs of about 400 homes!

Wow! What great green technology.

Our local paper, has given me permission to republish one of their recent articles about this, so you can get more information about this project on one of my websites:

http://movingtothecountry.ca/the_environment.htm

Richard Dolbeare
Inactive - Wailuku, HI
Living the Hawaii Lifestyle

Coming from a farm community, I can attest to the fact that cows generate a LOT of methane.  I have no doubt that cow power works!

Sep 11, 2009 05:09 PM