In case you needed another reason NOT to eat
consider this:
KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s Killington ski resort says it’s going to power one of its lifts this season with electricity generated from methane gas recovered from cow manure.
The resort is planning to power its K-1 Express Gondola with electricity generated through Green Mountain Power’s Cow Power program, which enables customers to purchase all or part of their electricity at a premium and support Vermont’s dairy farms.
The program works by collecting cow manure, mixing it with wash water from the milking equipment and then pumping that slurry into a digester where it is heated for three weeks.
The process converts the manure into biogas that is 60 percent methane.
The methane is then used to power a generator, which sends power to the electric grid.
Kind of makes me wonder which one of the multinational conglomerates is going to corner the market on the power of poop. Would they call this new company? Would it have a cute little jingle that we will all hum ever thankful for this alternative fuel source? What would the marketing strategy look like?
Maybe I should just call Sheldon Cooper cuz I'm quite sure poop power would be quite effective in the flux capacitor thereby making time travel a reality.