2669 307 Environment Environmental Protection true Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:03:20 -0700 /system/videos/2/69/26/2669.flv change, climate, cow, DIY, Do It Yourself, dung, earth, environment, Essential Skills, fight, fighting, global, green, Instructional, layer, Learn to, living, manure, ozone, patties, patty, poop, protect, protecting, Tips, tutorial, warming How To Fight Climate Change With Cow Dung http://www.howcast.com/videos/2669-How-To-Fight-Climate-Change-With-Cow-Dung http://www.howcast.com/videos/2669-How-To-Fight-Climate-Change-With-Cow-Dung/edit approved 115 640 480 <object width="425" height="352" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=2669"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=2669" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="352" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 14 Seaworthy http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2669/ppn_seaworthy_climate_change_cow_dung_sd_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.jpg 2326 false false false 27871 1 21 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2669/21.jpg Collect the poop Collect the cow poop. Large confinement dairies and feedlots have the most concentrated manure piles.

]]> 27872 2 32 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2669/32.jpg Put the poop in a tank With a special scraper, put the fresh poop down a drain leading to a digester tank.

]]> 27873 3 42 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2669/42.jpg Make poop soup Heat the poop to about 98 degrees.

]]> 27874 4 46 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2669/46.jpg Let it stew Let the manure’s natural juices digest the organic matter for one to three weeks.

]]> 27875 5 53 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2669/53.jpg Separate gas from solids Use a machine to separate the methane gas from the liquids and solids in the tank.

]]> 27876 6 60 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2669/60.jpg Burn the gas Burn the methane in a generator, creating clean electricity for use on the farm. Or sell it to the electric company.

]]> 27877 7 73 Tip As carbon markets grow, selling carbon credits will be a great way to earn extra cash for clean energy.

]]> 27878 8 79 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2669/79.jpg Sell fiber as mulch The leftover fiber from the digesting process does not smell! It can be dried out and used or sold as mulch.

]]> 27879 9 87 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/2669/87.jpg Recycle the water The remaining liquid is full of nutrients; water can be separated out and recycled. The rest can be spread on fields or sold as fertilizer.

]]> 27880 10 101 Fact In 2007, U.S. farms made 275 million kilowatt-hours of electricity from cow poop, enough to power more than 25,000 households.

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