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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

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Date: 7/17/2011 4:52:00 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
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Date: 7/16/2011 6:15:00 PM
Very informative and educative write, mike
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Date: 7/16/2011 4:04:00 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
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Mike Dailey
Date: 7/16/2011 5:39:00 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.
Date: 7/16/2011 3:07:00 PM
ROFL i just can not take anymore discernment ROFL
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