Pig excrement into electric power
A power plant in South Korea turns
animal waste into electricity by burning about 20 tons of animal
excrement a day generated by some 2,500 pigs to produce 30 kilowatts
(kW) of electricity, which is enough to power about 100 households.
Korea plans to build 20 more power plants by 2008. Denmark and
Germany have also been successful in generating power from farm
animal excrement.
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It seems that technology is
advancing faster than humanity’s sense of justice and compassion.
Finding renewable sources of energy is good for the planet as long
as the suffering of God’s creatures is not ignored. Billions of
dollars go into research to make animal agriculture sustainable;
however, factory farms continue to be hellish, barbaric places for
animals.