A&T gets a shout-out in this post about NC's secret weapon in the data-center game: pig poop.
As for North Carolina’s hog waste, the state is taking a close look at this uptapped resource as a means of reducing its dependence on coal-fired power plants. A network of manure-to-gas facilities would also relieve the state of the environmental headaches brought on by its too-successful hog industry.
Seriously, why frack when we only need to collect the gas before it gets buried under the earth?
Posted by: Billy Jones | Apr 09, 2012 at 11:19 AM
It worked for Bartertown.
Posted by: Andrew Brod | Apr 09, 2012 at 11:34 AM
It's been done by farmers in India and China for 40 years. Where do you think the Mad Max writers got their inspiration?
Posted by: Billy Jones | Apr 09, 2012 at 11:43 AM
Clean energy!
Posted by: polifrog | Apr 09, 2012 at 11:57 AM
Gus Simmons, PE, of Cavanaugh & Associates, has had impressive results at Loyd Farms in Yadkin County.
Posted by: Patrick Eakes | Apr 09, 2012 at 12:53 PM