Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Aug 30, 2007, at 3:12 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > Four HUNDRED litres per day? > > Like the ads say: eat mor chiken > > > geebee <geebee@geebeephoto.com> wrote: > 60% of all fish caught is processed into fishmeal to feed them > making them the biggest ocean predator. Just one of them gives off > enough harmful methane gas in a single day to fill around 400 litre > bottles. That's 18% of the total greenhouse gases per annum. > More greenhouse gas emissions than all the transport on earth ? > planes, trains and cars. I understand that the gasses from chicken droppings were collected and used to fuel cars in the UK during WW2. If some clever businessman can figure out a way to collect and market the steer's methane output it may well be the answer to the energy crisis. We could substitute cow power for horsepower. Larry Z