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With large acre farms, you have the cows spread out, and rotating between fields. Therefore the manure is spread out, and impossible to collect. (It acts as a natural fertilizer so when you rotate certain fields, you can till and plant crops in the next season...)
This concept will work however, for dairy farmers where dairy cows are not "out to pasture".
It could also work for large feed lots. Where cattle go just before being processed.
With respect to being able to sell off the excess methane, you can create a market once supplies become consistent.
But hey, what do I know? I'm just a city boy, who's was captured farm labor by my father in law.
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- Nothing new
- by April 10, 2006 11:40 AM PDT
- This concept has been in application in India for quite a number of years. There have been different applications. If you go to India villages, you will see that the dung is used to make patties that are used for heating. Also, the bio-waste is collected and the generated gases used for heating.
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(3 Comments)The only difference now is the scale.