In the never-ending quest to end America’s dependence on foreign oil alternate fuel sources are being thought up, planned out, and put into action all across the country. It seems like every week a new way to turn something as simple as a blade of grass into what it takes to power an SUV makes the headlines. There’s solar power, geothermal power, nuclear power, and bio-diesel. Even fast food French fry grease is being rendered into gasoline. This week news comes out of Meeker County Minnesota that on June 25th the next wave in alternative fuel will make historic leap by opening a $225 million dollar production plant. The plant will be able to power well over 50,000 homes and be the first large scale operation of it’s kind.
Care to guess what will be producing all of this energy? Some chemical mixer of coal and corn mash? Maybe somebody has learned to turn snow into electricity? Nope think Thanksgiving…think stuffing…think gobble gobble. You guessed it; the planet (a nine year dream in the making for it’s creator Greg Langmo) will use Turkey poop to rid the world of its oil and pollution woes. According to a recent report on CommercialAppeal.com Langmo got the idea after receiving numerous complaints about the waste his million turkeys a year were creating. Apparently residents were fed up about the stockpile of turkey poop that Langmo stockpiled in order to sell for fertilizer or as they call it “turkey litter” Turkey litter is a mixture of manure, wood chips, feathers, and straw.
With an estimated half mil tons of turkey litter planned on being burned each year there is one major draw back. Although smell is not an issue, the litter doesn’t burn as hot as other alternatives such as wood and thus labor hours become a factor in order to turn the poop into a working source of fuel.
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