America if full of unrealized wealth stories, this is just another guy with no imagination. If his neighbors were smart they would buy his property and use that "green tech" (yeah right, remember all of thise green jobs?) and make money off of it.
In other countries cattle waste, or stuff very much like it, is used as fire wood and a heat source for their homes. It is after all just hay. I wonder if that would be legal in our enlightened society.
If his state and local government were smart, they would help make green tech easier to access, and the burden on the taxpayers would be lessened, more green jobs would be available, agricultural output would be more efficient, and the environment would be safer.
As it stands now, if you lived in Indiana, you'd be paying part of the bill to clean up this and thousands of other orphaned crap lagoons.
And even if you wanted to just "use it for firewood" it would still cost you OR the state a buttload of money (if you'll pardon the expression) because it's not the same as it was coming straight out of the cow, it's now a slurry and it would cost real money to reprocess it.
In any case, no matter which way you decide to purpose the stuff, it's clear that developing countries seem to have the upper hand on what to do with the stuff and the model is proven as not only workable, but scalable to any size farm.
This is not only a case of a guy with no imagination, it's an entire STATE with no imagination, state legislators with no imagination, and a tax bill with no imagination.
But that tax bill has a real clear price tag, and it's proven that it is a lot higher than it would be if the state provided some small incentives to help farmers "go green".
Which study would you like to look at Ma?
I bet I can find a bunch that show that green saves dough down on the farm.
I invite other ranters who have direct agribusiness experience to contribute what they know about it.
These processes aren't new at all, they've been around for a long time.
