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Burp Catching Backpack To Trap Cow Gas!

Posted July 25, 2008 9:23 AM

From INHABITAT:

Ah, green design at its finest. Here at Inhabitat we pride ourselves in bringing you the freshest eco-friendly innovations, so how could we pass on the merits of this bright pink burp-trapping bovine backpack? It's more than just a catchy concept - believe it or not there's real SCIENCE at work here! The methane collecting tanks were utilized by Argentina's National Institute for Agricultural Technology as part of a a study to determine the atmospheric impact of methane released by cows. The findings were startling, as researcher Guillermo Berro estimated that "30% of Argentina's total greenhouse gases could be generated by cattle." Time to seriously consider that poo power plant!

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07/26/2008 9:01 AM

Thought I'd heard them all. I was wrong.

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07/27/2008 9:24 PM

Maybe they should try harnessing the all the burps & farts for energy.

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07/28/2008 9:29 AM

The Vegans were right all along. The burger industry IS destroying our planet one fart at a time!

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08/03/2008 5:19 AM

I do note that the problem exists mainly on grain-fed cattle, or cattle not fed on natural pasture.

If the beeves are allowed to graze on a natural pasture, they select a mixture of weeds, hedge browsings, grasses of various species, and flowers.

In that way, the cattle don't have such a "gas" problem.

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