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liberaldemocrat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-06-06 05:39 AM
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We have one untapped source for fueling our automobiles and lights and appliances.
I say this seriously. How about using methane for automobiles? 300 million Humans create this gas every day and why can't this gas get extracted and used for automobiles and electricity?

As for how we create methane, you do the math.

Hehe.


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Dr Batsen D Belfry Donating Member (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-06-06 05:46 AM
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1. Methane Digesters
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-06-06 06:46 AM
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5. The digester's are gaining favor here where I live
Some friends install them and they tell me they are about the same cost to install as a conventional septic system due mostly to the fact they don't need lateral lines. the remaining water is used to water the lawn with. anaerobic digester's, wish my system was one so I could use the gas produced for something
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charlie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-06-06 05:57 AM
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2. If global warming
continues apace, we won't need to create the stuff, it'll cause the oceans to burp up their store of methane hydrates.
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-06-06 06:35 AM
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3. The permafrost contains huge amounts of methane as well.
And at the rate the permafrost is melting there will be a huge surplus of methane. Global warming, you know? Oh, that's right. According to the Reich-Wingers it's just a theory.
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lapfog_1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-06-06 06:39 AM
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4. That's one of the very worst runaway titration point things...
If hydrates dissolve and release their stored methane... it's bad, very very bad.
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