Sunday, August 26, 2007

Power from Poop

Yes, I thought that would get your attention!

As a wonderful example of what can be done to mitigate damage being done to the environment by animal agriculture, here is a story about anaerobic digesters, a renewable energy technology which coverts the greenhouse gas methane found in manure and other organic waste products into electricity. Technologies like this, which take the "waste" products produced by industry and convert them into additional profit generators while lessening their impact on the environment offer solid proof that going green can also make good business sense. Widespread use of these digesters would make a huge difference both in cutting water pollution caused by overflowing and leaking slurry ponds while also powering pig and dairy operations which use vast amounts of energy now being generated by coal, natural gas or other fossil fuels.

No comments: