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Add Cow Manure to Your List of Renewable Energy Sources
The future of energy is smelly.
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The average Holstein cow produces over 100 pounds of manure a day. It’s a lot of poop. It’s also a lot of potential power.
On some farms, that energy is already being collected: The manure's tossed into an anaerobic digester system where gas concentrates and then has to be stripped of water, carbon dioxide and other elements before being mixed with traditional natural gas and used for heat.