Pig excrement into electric power - Take Heart - Christian Vegetarian Association

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.