Yes thats mightily impressive to watch
however, having jet fighters that smell like post-christmas dinner flatulence isnt going to do your troops moral any good. Also Im willing to bet thats about as environmentally friendly as vaporising arctic ice into oxygen and hydrogen, then using that to stoke a wood fire engine fed exclusively by rainforest trees
(, Wed 16 Jan 2008, 19:48, Reply)
Not if the methane is from digesting stuff
Like fermenting sewage. And methane is a worse greenhouse gas than CO2, so it is better than just releasing methane into the atmosphere. This is why cows are so bad for the environment. They need arsehole pilot lights to burn the methane.
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Greenbat, Wed 16 Jan 2008, 20:22,
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in that case I hope these methane engines do get popular
that way I can start a cow fart bottling business, make millions and lie about how I got rich
(, Wed 16 Jan 2008, 20:29, Reply)
technically....
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methane is a hardcore greenhouse gas, (it's highly infrared absorbent). But when you light it, for each molecule, you only get one resultant carbon dioxide molecule, and two water molecules.
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(Ergo) it's more environmentally friendly to light your own farts whenever possible, rather than discreetly letting one go. Dare I say it, hardcore greenies should start a campaign to make lighting farts in public socially acceptable.
(Apologies, beer talking bollocks. Like this) :)
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masakatsu best of all the burger meats, Wed 16 Jan 2008, 20:37,
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