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开始以为是笑话，上网一查，是真事，阿根廷国家农技所的项目，并预言2070年后大家生活的城&乡没准会以屁甲烷为能源，原文如下： ^J G}|v3$
These new cow fart packs from Argentina could save the world ?BRL;( x
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This is not a joke, but it is funny. It's also practical. "gO5dZ\0
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Argentina's National Institute for Agricultural Technology (INTA) has invented a way to convert cow flatulence into usable energy, and it involves putting a plastic backpack on a cow. pI!55w|
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In other words, cow fartpacks are here. MnQ_]c C
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The reason this is not a joke is because it is actually happening, but also because cows are responsible for a remarkable amount of global methane emissions, which are a major cause of global warming. It's a real problem. vuAjAeKm
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According to the EPA, cow farting (and burping, actually a lot of it is burping) accounts for 5.5 million metric tons of methane per year in the United States — that's 20 percent of total US methane emissions. 0jmlsC>
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Here's how the fartpacks work: tubes run from the backpack into the cows' rumen (or biggest digestive tract). They extract about 300 liters of methane a day, which is enough to run a car or a fridge for about 24 hours. ieI-_]|[
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Pablo Soranda, INTA press officer, told that the project is more about making a point than it is converting people to a way of life. dO@iq^9 -
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He doesn't think we're going to live in fart-powered cities before 2070, but he can "imagine a future farm with a couple of these cows used to provide energy to satisfy the farm’s needs." c ~
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Just fart-powered farms, then. Excuse me？ S]N4o'K}q
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我觉得还不是太搞，苹果不也想出iFart吧。祝大家周末开心。 Ef!F;D e)A
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