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"Methane production used to be viewed as a problem at cattle ranches and dairy farms, but methane itself is a highly energetic biogas that can be used as fuel. Harnessing it might prove difficult considering that current social graves do not favor open flatulence even for the sake of renewable energy. However, certain diets richer in alfalfa and flaxseed have been proven to reduce methane production in cows, which could potentially solve that problem (13)."

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[-] Lussy@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I do work with biofuels, extracting methane from seaweed/algae. What we’ve found is that in the many conditions, bromoforms form during the degradation of seaweed will reduce methanogenesis.

Our goal is to eliminate the formation of bromoforms because we want meth(ane) baby (for what, who gives a fuck, biofuels won’t move the needle on anything but w/e). On the other hand, Rice paddies are actually a significant source of methane, almost as much as beef production if I’m not mistaken, and people are actually trying to introduce bromoforms to eliminate methanogenesis, and seaweeds/algae are a candidate.

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 3 days ago

Biofuels arw shit, they rise food prices.

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