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| Suspected methane explosion in Tx barn kills 18,000 cows (Page 2/3) |
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MidEngineManiac
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APR 15, 09:41 AM
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So basically it went COW-boom 
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Raydar
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APR 15, 11:57 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
That decaying mass is going to produce a heck of a lot of methane.
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It occurs to me that it's also going to produce a lot of heat. Maybe not enough to touch it off, but...
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rinselberg
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APR 15, 12:54 PM
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Texas has lots of these. If any were close by, this could have taken "When the s**t hits the fan" to a whole new level.
I guess that didn't happen.
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maryjane
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APR 15, 12:58 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Raydar:
It occurs to me that it's also going to produce a lot of heat. Maybe not enough to touch it off, but... |
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There were a lot of ventilation fans built into the walls of that barn. BIG fans. Nothing really to show the scale but you get the picture.
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Valkrie9
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APR 16, 04:14 AM
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Stranger than fiction.
What to do daily with 230 tons of manure ?
Process it as a fertilizer, for cattle feed, a positive feedback loop.
Annually, 90K tons of manure to be mixed and kettled, dried, packaged and shipped.
That's a large pool of hoo haw, gassing out to the atmosphere, free money just blowing in the wind across Texas.
50 acres a total loss, covered to rebuild with newfangled collection methods.
Seriously, gas and fart collection measures on an industrial scale, a large investment.
Methane compressors.
Methane Generation From Livestock Waste, the science of turd management. Biomass engineering. Fuel harvesting.
That's real interesting Norm.[This message has been edited by Valkrie9 (edited 04-16-2023).]
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82-T/A [At Work]
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APR 16, 07:56 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Valkrie9:
That's real interesting Norm. |
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(Will I go to hell for this? I do really feel bad for those 18,000 cows)[This message has been edited by 82-T/A [At Work] (edited 04-16-2023).]
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Valkrie9
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APR 16, 08:35 AM
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Doubtful they could recover any of the carcasses, as they more or less let it burn out, then doused the ashes.
That`s a lot of animals to process quickly, even if they could have hauled them for butchering.
Likely have sent them off for rendering, by reefer trailers, or tandem trailer dumper trucks, stinking all the way to Amarillo.
I don`t recommend being downwind of all that, makes you puke.
' Oh, you'll get used to it after some time. '
Gag !
The hides might still be worth something, what's not burnt.
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Australian
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APR 18, 07:50 AM
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maryjane
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APR 18, 08:40 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Valkrie9:
The hides might still be worth something, what's not burnt. |
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Cow hides aren't worth much even from a properly processed animal. A few bucks maybe. On average, the US slaughters 95,000 head of cattle every day, so it's not like there is big shortage of cow hides no matter how high the prices may be retail..
I had a steer processed in 2019 and the place was going to charge me $20 for them to throw it's hide in their dumpster. I took it home and buried it.
A freshly skinned cowhide weighs about 40-60 lbs...[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 04-18-2023).]
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cliffw
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APR 18, 09:06 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
Texas has lots of these. If any were close by, this could have taken "When the s**t hits the fan" to a whole new level.
I guess that didn't happen. |
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Hmmm,  . Above is picture proof methane is combustible. I thought you were giddy about renewable energy. I don't get why you are not elated.
Gas-to-energy Plant Converts 95% of Methane Gas to Power.
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