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I was going to patent this idea but it’s so simple I think I’ll let you guys have it. Did you know methane is lighter than air and rises? So we simply house c
by mrfusion 8y ago
I was going to patent this idea but it’s so simple I think I’ll let you guys have it.
Did you know methane is lighter than air and rises? So we simply house cows in a building where the ceiling is a conical shape and we periodically collect the methane from the top.
Or if it’s too hard to collect we simply pass it through a flame as it leaves the top of the cone and convert it to co2, way less of a warming gas compared to methane.
I suggest this under the assumption most cattle are factory farmed meaning raised indoors? But you could arrange for them to at least be in this building during peak methane production. Timing their food intake and such.
- thrower123 8y agoMaster-Blaster from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome I believe already has this patent, although at this point the terms have probably expired. Maybe using cows rather than pigs would be novel enough to squeak through the patent office at this point...
- 2_listerine_pls 8y agoAlready being done to prevent explosions and to generate electricity in larger farms.
- kmm 8y agoA cow release on the order of 100 kg of methane per year. Natural gas costs about 1 dollar per 2 kg of methane. I don't know how hard methane extraction is from air with ppm concentrations of it, but could it be done for less than about 50 dollars per year per head of cattle?