Re: [asa] Cows, diet, and warming

At 08:15 PM 1/6/2007, Bill Hamilton wrote:

>Too bad we can't capture the methane generated by cattle and burn it for fuel.

@ Markus Herrema has solved this dire problem with a backpack that
collects the methane from both ends of the animal and "utilizes the
methane contained within ruminant animal exhalation as a source of
carbon and/or energy for the production of methane-utilizing
microorganisms in a microorganism growth-and-harvest apparatus."-
feeds it to microbes to make biomass, which "can be processed and
sold as a nutritional foodstuff".

Here's the picture: http://tinyurl.com/y9sqjy

Here's the patent:

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United States Patent 6,982,161 http://tinyurl.com/ftdxx
Herrema January 3, 2006

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Process for the utilization of ruminant animal methane emissions

Abstract

A process for the utilization of the methane contained within
ruminant animal exhalation, specifically to a process that utilizes
the methane contained within ruminant animal exhalation as a source
of carbon and/or energy for the production of methane-utilizing
microorganisms in a microorganism growth-and-harvest apparatus.

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Inventors: Herrema; Markus Donald (Laguna Niguel, CA)
Appl. No.: 10/687,272
Filed: October 15, 2003 [snip]

~ Janice :)

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Received on Mon Jan 8 04:25:28 2007