Bio-gas

One of our partners is working to bring inexpensive fuel to homes.  This is not an MCC project but we found it quite interesting.  Take cow dung, stir, let set in air-tight underground container until gas forms, pipe gas to house and send remaining ingredients to garden!  We stopped at a home that is just beginning to use this method.  The gas is beginning to form and was used to light a gas burner for cooking.  (There was a blue flame, but it is not visible in the photo due to the camera flash.)

One Response to “Bio-gas”

  1. Joanna Masingila Says:

    This is very interesting. How much dung is needed to produce enough gas to cook for a day or a week or a month? Is dung added regularly?

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