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If life hands you flatulence, make methane. At least that’s the message that Argentina’s INTA has been
conveying…
This governmental research body has been developing bovine backpacks that “trap the methane” from deep within cows’ flatulent
digestive systems.
Springwise reports that the United States might greatly benefit from emulating this practice because “methane accounts for nine percent of all greenhouse gas emissions in the US.”
When methane is simply released into the atmosphere (because of cows doin’ a what comes naturally), it pollutes the air. When the methane
is instead trapped within an inflatable backpack (via a tube that was inserted into the cow’s rumen), the environment is spared, and (bonus!) the methane can then be used as a fuel.
Seems like a win-win situation, except from the cow’s perspective.
Having to carry around one’s own flatus all day long certainly adds insult to the injury of having one’s insides invaded by a
cannula tube.
Resources
http://news.yahoo.com/methane-backpacks-capture-cow-farts-turn-them-green-150537430.html
Copyright May 7, 2014 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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