Friday, 15 December 2017 08:03

Poop to good use

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We hear that methane produced by cows is terrible for the environment; in 2015 it comprised 16% of all greenhouse gases.

In fact, it is estimated that methane’s global-warming potential is seen as 28 times greater (over 100 years) than the villain CO2.

But Toyota has a plan to use it for good, as announced at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show. It wants to build a renewable energy plant in California and run it purely on methane from cow poop.

The plant, scheduled for start-up in 2020, will use the methane to make water, hydrogen and electricity.

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