Poo To Power
I trust that award mentioned Whitesides Dairy resolved its run-in with the FDA. Mentioned also on “The World Dairy Business Blog” (October 30, 2006, for peat moss - of all things). Still, I look for all things renewable - especially former waste.
- Posted in : Environment, In the News, Positive Change, Renewable Energy
- Author :Rt
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[...] As meat consumption has skyrocketed in the United States, the consumption of fast food has increased disproportionately. The production of fast food meat is a unique problem in cost-optimization: to accelerate meat production in animals, calorie consumption is maximized, and calorie expenditure is minimized. Meaning we cram as much food into them as possible, while keeping them confined into the smallest space available. This leads to the over use of antibiotics to keep them alive long enough to be slaughtered, and a whole host of other nasty problems (what would you do with a couple thousand gallons of poo every day…maybe make energy from it?) [...]