Sunday, December 15, 2024

 

Untapped Power Source

John Vaillant, Fire Weather: On the Front Lines of a Burning World (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2023; rpt. New York: Vintage Books, 2024), p. 302, n. †:
Human flatulence alone generates about three quarters of a billion liters of methane per day, or 30 million cubic feet — enough to meet the daily cooking and heating needs of 140,000 northern city dwellers.
Hat tip: Jim K.

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# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 10:02 AM


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