Comments on: Animal Waste for Renewable Energy

By: ken@Mold removal

ken@Mold removal — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:08:35 +0000

I think if they made barns that collect the methane by negative pressure it would work fine. Besides all the waste can be made into methane and the by products burned also.

By: phil@western belt buckles

phil@western belt buckles — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:08:02 +0000

If they could just harness the methane gas produced by cow farts that would be a big step. They’d stop the methane from going into the atmosphere and put it to good use.

I don’t know how much the cows would like the collection system though. that would be tough.

Or at least if cows would light their farts:-0

By: Texas Medical

Texas Medical — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:12:38 +0000

Your post makes one think! Great article. Thanks for allowing me to comment!

By: do i smell chicken? | jungle [8]

do i smell chicken? | jungle [8] — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:17:25 +0000

[...] been rumblings for a while about animal fats going into bio-diesel production. Now, the rumors are reality. Tyson—the mega meat distributor—will be supplying waste animal fats and agricultural [...]

By: Mike@blumen basteln

Mike@blumen basteln — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:06:58 +0000

Hi,
This was a very interesting post. I didn’t think of the waste fat that is produced before but this is a very logical step. I think this is a very good idea!
And btw. I think it should be Biodiesel instead of biodiseal…

By: Biofuelsimon

Biofuelsimon — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:34:12 +0000

Now I know what happens to the fat they take out of fat-free youghurt. Biofuelsimons last blog post..A little on prices and speculation

By: Tyson To Turn Animal Byproducts Into Biofuel · Environmental Leader · Green Business, Sustainable Business, and Green Strategy News for Corporate Sustainability Executives

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:32:04 +0000

[...] Tyson Foods, which provides nearly 25 percent of the total U.S. meat supply and produces an estimated 300 million gallons of animal fat annually, has announced plans to convert its animal byproducts to 75 million gallons of biodiesel and jet fuel annually by 2010, Green Energy Trends reports. [...]