Cow Powered University

August 14, 2007 8:41 AM

Cow Powered University by sequestering methane from manure to produce electricity. Where else but in Vermont. A load of hot air if you ask me.
posted by johoney (23 comments total)

Who runs bartertown?
posted by dismas at 8:50 AM on August 14, 2007

Where else: Texas, Iowa, Wisconsin. Basically, anyplace they have a bunch of animals producing manure.
posted by DU at 8:54 AM on August 14, 2007

"When I grow up, I'm going to Bovine University!"
posted by chinese_fashion at 9:05 AM on August 14, 2007

I smell somebody's dairy air.
posted by George_Spiggott at 9:09 AM on August 14, 2007 [1 favorite]

Who runs bartertown?

Apropos of nothing, she does.

Good work with the cow patties though. I think I saw a setup like this in Barbados on a private farm once long ago. Seems odd that more people aren't doing it.
posted by GuyZero at 9:12 AM on August 14, 2007

Pfft. Academia has run on bullshit for years now.
posted by stevis23 at 9:18 AM on August 14, 2007

Pfft. Academia has run on bullshit for years now.

Ha ha, you said "pfft".
posted by Benny Andajetz at 9:50 AM on August 14, 2007

More detail here and here:

The College has committed to designate 50 percent of its main campus electric usage as Cow Power and 100 percent on all its other accounts, which include the president’s house, the college farm, the college inn and alumni house, and an off-campus residence hall in Killington, VT. Total Cow Power enrollment will be approximately 1.2 million kilowatt-hours annually.
posted by ryanshepard at 9:54 AM on August 14, 2007

A load of hot air if you ask me.

We didn't.
posted by Pope Guilty at 9:54 AM on August 14, 2007

I wish I could sequester my own methane.
posted by MtDewd at 10:14 AM on August 14, 2007

A load of hot air if you ask me.

We didn't.

Cow poop is SERIOUS BUSINESS, bitch.
posted by Snyder at 10:20 AM on August 14, 2007

I believe self-sequestration of human methane emissions is known to environmental scientists as "the Dutch Oven."
posted by The Straightener at 10:39 AM on August 14, 2007 [1 favorite]

Cow poop is SERIOUS BUSINESS, bitch.

This explains the similarity of cow poop and most of the internet.
posted by Pope Guilty at 10:46 AM on August 14, 2007

OMG, it's his SEO client. (second from the bottom)
posted by textilephile at 11:07 AM on August 14, 2007

I believe self-sequestration of human methane emissions is known to environmental scientists as "the Dutch Oven."
posted by The Straightener at 10:39 AM on August 14 [1 favorite +] [!]

or err....Jenkem (nsfw)
posted by geos at 11:15 AM on August 14, 2007

When visiting Andrew Jackson's home, The Hermitage, fifteen years ago or so, our guide said that most (if not all) of the compound's electricity came from methane captured in the stables. I can't find anything online to back this up, however, so it must not be true.
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 12:21 PM on August 14, 2007

I can buy cow power through my electricity provider here in Vermont. If we don't go solar soon, I will.
posted by terrapin at 12:35 PM on August 14, 2007

Out of curiousity, what by-products, harmfull or otherwise, does methane burn off produce?
posted by Snyder at 12:46 PM on August 14, 2007

Deadly deadly water vapor! (That is what hurricanes and floods are made of)
posted by Dataphage at 1:19 PM on August 14, 2007

And CO2.
posted by Dataphage at 1:20 PM on August 14, 2007

OMG, it's his SEO client. (second from the bottom)

So this is a self-link then, yes?
posted by puke & cry at 2:11 PM on August 14, 2007

It appears johoney enjoys linking to wild berries or whatever the fuck whenever possible. A couple other SEO clients as well.
posted by puke & cry at 2:17 PM on August 14, 2007

Johoney wisdom ... "One of the key factors affecting where your site ranks in the leading search engines is the number of quality in-bound links to your site.

Like most other factors that affect search engine ranking this has been widely abused and misused by website owners (and SEO professionals)"

No shit!
posted by phoque at 2:54 PM on August 14, 2007