Summary: Farmers in USA, Canada, and Australia are finding that transforming chicken droppings into biochar fertilizer, biogas, and bio-oil by a process called pyrolysis is proving to be very beneficial. Not only is it an abundant source of energy, it helps farms dispose of growing amounts of manure and is very cost-effective. Considering there are over 30,000 chicken farms in America alone, this industry could grow exponentially over the next several years. Scientists are even looking into the possibility that human, cow, and pig waste could be made into energy by a similar, if not the same exact process.
Quote: “Our country needs alternative sources of energy to balance against the world’s growing demand for petroleum-based energy.”
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| Pictured is a factory where chicken droppings are transferred to energy. |
Questions:
1) Would you ever think that chicken waste could be used as a form of energy?
2) Do you agree with me that you think this is a good idea?
3) Would it gross you out to know that something you are using is being powered by chicken waste/human waste?
This is a very creative way to make energy! I hope that we can someday use this for all animal waste but then I wonder, will the soil suffer from a deficiency of nutrients? It seems great but could be dangerous, what if major food crops die? For right now having this as yet another way to not use fossil fuels will be okay. It will take time for something that terrible to happen and since the industry is barley even started we have time come up with ways to fix the problem before it starts.
ReplyDelete1.) How will they transfer fetus into energy
2.) How ill they do it without the pungent smell?
3.) How will they collect droppings?
4.) Who will want to work on a poop to energy factory? Talk about dirty jobs!
I agree with Katie, that is definitly thinking outside of the box, and I certainly never would have thought of using chicken waste of all things as an energy source. Also,(like Katie said) I'm not sure how they would recruit people to work there... that would be totally disgusting!
ReplyDelete(This ties into Q#3) I think initially I wouldn't want to use something powered by waste, but after I got over that it probably wouldn't bother me as much.