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Someday, millions of heads of cattle will rise up in rebellion against the indignities bestowed on their species from time immemorial by the human race, and this might just be the hay that breaks the cow’s back.

Argentina’s National Institute for Agricultural Technology has decided to put all those ozone-destroying cow farts to good use by collecting the most natural of all gases in a container dubbed the “Fartpack”.

“As cattle release greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere, we propose a practical and economical way to sequester these emissions and energy use as a substitute,” said the coordinator of Animal Physiology INTA Castelar, Buenos Aires , Guillermo Berra . 2050, are expected to decrease oil reserves and increase the need to find alternative and renewable sources of energy. Given this scenario, the use of compressed natural gas could be supplied with this achievement. The energy obtained from cows to serve, “in places where there is no conventional producers have an alternative for cooking, lighting their homes and even drive their cars,” said the researcher. With an almost humorous analogy, it would think the cow as a “digester with legs.” 

No one will blame you a bit, Bessie, if you give a nasty kick to the bearer of this most undignified backpack.

Full story at INTA via Outside Online.

Poor animals.