Climate Change

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah

If you put the cows within a dome it is simple to collect (methane is lighter than air). The Eden project (http://www.edenproject.com/) has put vast biomes within domes. The cost is approximately $10 per square foot covered. There would be several benefits in addition to the methane. For example, you could put your pastures in the desert. If the land is free (huge tracts of government owned land in the desert) that would virtually offset the cost of the dome. In addition there would be other benefits to having the cows local rather than cutting down the rainforest in Brazil to give them a pasture. The US government generally collects about 40% of revenue as taxes when all is considered. Therefore it would be a money making operation for the US government to give the land (that they have no other use for) free of charge.

Cow domes in a desert to collect farts up top?

Great idea.

But don't those cows need to eat?