It is about time. China has been doing this for decades!
Linda Bystrak
Leesburg

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From: Bioenergy and Sustainable Technology Society [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dr. Ann C. Wilkie
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 12:28 PM
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Subject: California cows to supply renewable gas energy

California cows to supply renewable gas energy
San Francisco Chronicle, March 4, 2008

"Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will unveil its latest renewable energy
project today, a system that collects methane from manure on a Fresno
County dairy farm and refines it into biogas, virtually identical to
natural gas. The biogas then flows into a PG&E natural gas pipeline for
use in homes and power plants.

The San Francisco utility gets a new source of fuel. The farm gets a new
source of income. And the methane, a potent greenhouse gas, stays out of
the atmosphere.

PG&E estimates that biogas could one day supply 5 percent of all the
natural gas the utility needs."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/04/BUEUVCV51.DTL&type=tech

Related article and video:

Valley Dairy First In The State To Produce Bio-Gas
KMPH FOX 26, Fresno, CA. March 5, 2008
http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=7967180&nav=menu612_2

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