Methane cows

[Defender]

Just been watching Countryfile on the BBC. A report on how a cow can emit as much greenhouse gasses in a year as a 4x4.
Found the following on their website:
Burping cows and sheep could be making as big a contribution to global warming as our love affair with cars and air travel, because of the amount of methane they produce. Farmed ruminants are thought to be responsible for a quarter of 'man-made' methane emissions worldwide and in the UK around 60% of methane comes from cows and sheep.

Changing what they eat is thought to be the key to reducing their methane output. This is the aim of a Defra-funded project that started last April. A few farmers across the country have started to harness methane from slurry and manure in anaerobic digesters, but with 90% of emissions coming from the animals themselves, the research project could be vital in creating solutions to reduce this greenhouse gas.

[Range Rover Blues]

Or keep cows in an airtight shed.


No smoking anyone :o

[littlepow]

So being a herbevor is bad.

Could use a cow as a lpg tank, mount on front bumper and connect to your v8's!

Then it can be classed as an animal drawn vehicle, yeay RUPPS are open again!  :lol:

Oh and if you accidently squashed the odd rambler or 10, it would be there fault as cows are classed as dumb animals and cannot be blamed.  :twisted:

[Range Rover Blues]

Coo, love that idea and my LPG system can be conversted to run on compressed natural gas, ie methane, at the click of a drop down menu.

[V8MoneyPit]

But plugging in the 'fuel cell' might not be too pleasant!

[Eeyore]

But plugging in the 'fuel cell' might not be too pleasant!

Ooooooo, too much information, dude!  :lol:  :lol:

The good news is that the older, low compression V8s could be readily converted to exploit Cowgas!

Cheers
 8)
Eeyore