[Stoves] Cellulosic energy

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Kevin writes:

If a cow  cannot eat and digest straw, would this not suggest that the 
methanogenic  bacteria could not digest it either, to produce methane?
 
Kevin, in farming country it is not uncommon for fodder to be in short  
supply some years. During these periods cattle and dairymen bale straw and  inject 
the bales with ammonia or nitrogen to breakdown the cellulose. Later when  the 
straw is fed it is digestible to ruminants.
 
Neal Van Milligen

 



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