Comments on: Cow Power in Action: 920,000 kWh of Electricity and Happier Cows

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:04:00 +0000

Well, let me look at your assumptions….

First, I see nothing that says that taxpayers will be paying $1 million for all 160,000 dairy farms.

Second, it is highly unlikely that future setups would cost $1 million each, commonly it costs far more for prototypes.

Third, well this isn’t an assumption. Or perhaps part of it is.

How about we don’t use any of your tax dollars for poop digesters but dedicate some extra of your tax money to Mideast and Southern Asia oil wars?

We can balance that out by sending less of mine to the oil wars and more to renewable energy projects.

Nine trillion dollars. I’ve seen that used as the US cost of three oil wars. Divide by your 41 million tax payers and that’s $219,512 per tax payer.

Wish there was a way to directly bill you renewable energy skinflints for the cost of fighting oil wars. Then, perhaps, you’d catch a hint.

By: Sts

Sts — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:13:00 +0000

Sorry for replying above you, the discussion forum will only embed so many replies.

Your math isn’t faulty, just your suppositions. Only 41 million Americans pay taxes so it’d work out to 2.44 cents per taxpayer. Then we multiply it by the 160,000 dairy farms in the US and we get $3,902 per taxpayer.

Regardless of the return on investment, that’s my $3,900 bucks and I don’t want to part with it.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:13:00 +0000

$1,000,000 / 312,000,000 million Americans.

My calculator faulty?

By: Sts

Sts — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:08:00 +0000

Interesting math. How do you come by those numbers?

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:43:00 +0000

Great!!!

That’s a grand contribution from each of us of three tenths of one penny.

$0.012 for a family of four. And in return we get another source of renewable energy on the grid.

Thanks for pointing that out.

By: AgWriter

AgWriter — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:05:00 +0000

Too bad the photo of the cow in the grass misleads the reader to think it is representative of the process. In order to efficiently gather the waste materials and capture the waste, the animals have to be kept on concrete and under roof.
It is also ironic that more than a million dollars in low-interest loans and grants were provided to “showcase” a technology that is already in place throughout the country. Digesters like the one described are working effectively and economically. In Europe, they are common place. This is a long proven technology and ill-deserving of taxpayer funding.

By: Sts

Sts — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:24:00 +0000

Sure, all it takes is a million US dollars to try it and see if it works…

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:50:00 +0000

If it can be clearly shown that herd owners can make (or save) some money with this technology then it will be adopted.

By: rkt9

rkt9 — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:30:00 +0000

If it helps reduce the aweful smell, I reckon there will be a lot of happy people who live near these dairy farms as well! I wonder if they could get the feed lots out west to use this technology?