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Biodigester. Cooking fuel from cow manure

This biodigester produces enough cooking gas for a family in Costa Rica from manure from grass-fed cows. That means they don’t have to buy gas they can barely afford and have to travel long distances to get. Seems like this…

Biogas from sewage

Sweden gets 25% of their energy from biogas, and much of that comes from sewage. Yes, sewage. It powers cars and buses – and costs less than gasoline.

Electricity from trash

Waste Management is creating electricity from rotting garbage at 100 of its landfills, and plans more such projects. This is a double win, as the methane gas produced by the garbage has a 21 times worse greenhouse gas effect than…

Banana methane powered cars

And more! Biogas can be produced any numbers of ways, often from that which would have been burned or put into landfills as waste. This includes animal and human waste too. In fact, biogas can be produced from landfills too.