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Subject:Re: Cow Flop and Pig Poop Fuels
From:Tom Miller
Date:Fri, 20 May 2005 08:22:08 -0400

That would take care of Rhode Island diesel drivers, what about the rest of
us?
TEMiller
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 5:57 PM
Subject: Cow Flop and Pig Poop Fuels

> CF/PP fuels should be a reall possibility if it is done right. ( I drove
> across Montana one time and for three hundred miles could hardly breathe
> because of the amount of cow flow odor in the air .... and I didn't see
> a single cow!!!!!"  The cattle industry in this country is huge, and so
> is the pig parlor business. If production of cattle and pigs was
> increased, meat prices would come down, and we would see a very positive
> impact on air quality as the CF and PP was collected and processed into
> liquified methane, which could be the basis  of bio-diesel conversions
> as well as meeting other clean fuel needs. The processed CF/PP could
> then be bagged and used to fertilize the fields to increase agricultrual
> yields for both humans and livestock. This could be a serious
> win-win-win solution. No more CF/PP odors, clean air from burning clean
> methanne, increased meat production which meaning lower prices and  an
> increase in available and necessary protein for the teaming masses.
>
> Hallelujah!!!  The answer is so simple!! LOL!!
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88  GL Driver
>