California Cows Start Passing Gas To the Grid

Another one for Andrea D.

Imagine a vast vat of liquid
Covering 5 football fields
33 feet deep in manure
Think of the energy yields

When big piles are seen
Of manure all green
Most people just see piles of crap
But if truth be told
It's a pile of pure gold
When you siphon off gasses you trap

On a dairy farm in Golden State
Experts on gas sit and wait
They push poop in a hole
Cover it like a bowl
And just let the gas ruminate

With nearly 2 million cows in this far western state
You have to admit the potential is great
Just getting these cows to be hole-potty trained
Will yield a great deal of cow-poop methane

And the methane gas gathered this way
Can be sold to the grid so they say
So the smell's not quite honey
It's the smell of good money
And we've finally made gas passing pay

So that's what this company did
With some cows and a hole with a lid
With a scoop and a scrub
And this gigantic tub
Cows are now passing gas to the Grid

Mdailey
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Johnson Avatar
July 17, 2011 at 4:52 PM
Just quite a little blight, on the californian kows...if they were trained, and poop explained, they'd do it on the hour...kaplop.. methinks, downunder, Don
Mehta Avatar
July 16, 2011 at 6:15 PM
Very informative and educative write, mike
Dietrich Avatar
July 16, 2011 at 4:04 PM
I hope people don't think I am especially fond of cow gas by seeing this. hahaha. Anyway, this is a great one too. I don't get how the whole thing could work. ARe you putting me on? heehee. Anyway, GOOD fun! Luv, Andrea
Dailey Avatar
July 16, 2011 at 5:39 PM
this is a true story put into rhyme. California has several sites where they are colledting methane from cow pies and channeling that gas back to the California grid.
Mist Avatar
July 16, 2011 at 3:07 PM
ROFL i just can not take anymore discernment ROFL
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