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No BS: Cow-sourced methane power in California

Photo by foxypar4. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Biodiesel made from pigs. Using methane to make gas. Getting hydrogen from cow plop. Using waste, some from animals, to generate power is not a new idea. In California, though, methane captured from cow manure is being used to created power that people are using today. This is real, it's happening, and I want to drive an EV powered this way. The Vintage Dairy Biogas Project, built by BioEnergy Solutions, might soon power up to 1,200 homes around Riverdale, CA that get their ... Read more →

Ohio State University: fuel cells use cow-power. Or, puke for power? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Let's just get this out of the way first. EWWWWW (not ewe)! OK, done. I'm not entirely sure what "rumen fluid" is, but I already don't like the sound of it. Apparently, it is fluid from the largest ...

Researchers search for a methane-reducing cow diet to fight global warming Jeremy Korzeniewski

According to Michael Abberton, a scientist at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research in the U.K., "there are approaches within plant breeding that can lead to reduced emissions." How ...

Vegans driving Hummers: Greener than a meat eating Prius owner? Jeremy Korzeniewski

We don't have much history covering the debate between being a vegetarian versus eating meat, and for good reason: we are first and foremost an automotive blog. From time to time, we do branch off ...

No BS: Cow-sourced methane power in California 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by foxypar4. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. Biodiesel made from pigs. Using methane to make gas. Getting hydrogen from cow plop. Using waste, some from animals, to generate power is not a new idea. In California, though, methane captured from cow manure is being used to created ...

Ohio State University: fuel cells use cow-power. Or, puke for power? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Let's just get this out of the way first. EWWWWW (not ewe)! OK, done. I'm not entirely sure what "rumen fluid" is, but I already don't like the sound of it. Apparently, it is fluid from the largest chamber of a cow stomach. Reseachers at Ohio State are using the "microbe-rich" fluid, which is "from ...

Researchers search for a methane-reducing cow diet to fight global warming 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

According to Michael Abberton, a scientist at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research in the U.K., "there are approaches within plant breeding that can lead to reduced emissions." How is that, you might be wondering? Are we talking about a new plant-based fuel source? Not exactly, at ...

Vegans driving Hummers: Greener than a meat eating Prius owner? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We don't have much history covering the debate between being a vegetarian versus eating meat, and for good reason: we are first and foremost an automotive blog. From time to time, we do branch off and cover other green issues, as we believe that our readership is broad and enjoys those occasional ...


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