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Pigs fart... a lot. Whilst cows get a lot of the blame for
increasing the level of atmospheric methane, through
belching and farting, there are, by many estimates, even
more pigs than cows.
Therefore, UBCo have develop the Baconator. This
amazing device fits loosely over a hog, trapping
the
methane and any other waste that might be used to create
combustible gases. The process of storage and
fermentation of these wastes and byproducts continues
throughout err... Wilbur's life.
Once the pig has reached a certain size the porcine victim
is euthanased, washed, cleaned, butchered and some of its
past energy production is used to cure it to bacon before
the remainder of the energy is put to work, cooking the
flesh and smoking it to a high standard of bacony
goodness.
Living high on the hog, son.
Not this.
http://www.wendys.c...?family=1&product=4
What to do with the bacon. [tatterdemalion, May 16 2012]
[link]
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seeing as methane is lighter than air.... |
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... and completely odourless. |
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...and somewhat explosive... |
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Hence the use as fuel for cooking and curing bacon...
from pig to pan to plate. |
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Master Blaster runs Bartertown. |
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Pigs should have flare stacks, like oil drilling platforms. |
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Nice image, [hippo]. Ramjet-powered Porkers. |
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Leading to a whole new porcine transportation industry. |
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Little known fact - The average human emits 14 farts per day, on average. |
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Then I must be significantly above average. |
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Too much information, [Alterother]. |
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Please accept my most humble apology, Your Blissness. I
live only to serve thee. |
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I think kangaroos burn it internally. Have you ever
seen one that's REALLY in a hurry? They go like a
bloody rocket. |
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Cows and pigs carry a lot of the blame for
greenhouse gas emissions. However, recent
research shows that lobsters (well, in fact most
crustaceans) are the main culprits. Crustaceans
have a unique (so far) metabolic pathway that lets
them metabolise their food with less oxygen than
most other organisms (mammals included) - an
adaptation that helps them survive in low-oxygen
environments. The result is a vast quantity of
methane - over five times as much as ruminants
produce, per calorie of food digested (at least
when the lobster is in warm, low-oxygen water). |
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There are at least two Asian companies who have
decided that the combined economics of shrimp
farming and methane production are attractive. |
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It's also been found that crayfish produce small
but significant amounts of heavier alkanes, along
with methane. Scientists are trying to find and
upregulate the key genes, in the hopes of
producing crustaceans that excrete heavier
hydrocarbons. (The main problem, it seems, is
that heavier hydrocarbons are harder for the
crayfish to get rid of, and can accumulate under
the shell as globules which eventually cause the
creatures to become bouyant, which in turn
prevents them feeding.) |
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It seems that trilobites used a similar metabolic
trick. At least, they have some anatomical
features which are very similar to those involved
in excreting methane in modern crustaceans. It's
been theorized that the Permian extinction was
due, at least in part, to the greenhouse effects of
trilobogenic methane. |
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You're good at this, you should maybe get a
job doing biochemistry or something … |
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Are there any reliable estimates of atmospheric
makeup from assays of Permian rock formation, of
which you are aware, [Max]? |
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//atmospheric makeup from assays of Permian rock
formation// |
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Not that I'm aware of. It's also possible that there
are no assays that I'm not aware of, but I'm not
aware of that. |
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One of the Known Unknowns, then … glad
that's cleared up. |
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