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Re:NASA Flew Gas Detectors Above California, Found ‘Super Em... by new_realist on Friday November 08, 2019 @10:51AM (#21483313)
Landfills are actually better, in that in many cases commercial operators can recover the gas and turn it into renewable fuel.
Re:NASA Flew Gas Detectors Above California, Found ‘Super Em... by joshvm on Friday November 08, 2019 @10:56AM (#21483387)
There are now a few startups trying to make home/DIY anaerobic digesters that you can collect the gas from. Would be interesting for e.g. keeping a greenhouse warm year-round without the electricity spend.

For example (I have no idea how competent the product is): https://www.homebiogas.com/Products/HomeBiogas2

Re:NASA Flew Gas Detectors Above California, Found ‘Super Em... by adrianN on Friday November 08, 2019 @11:20AM (#21483663)
Put a compost pile inside your greenhouse and you get warmth and CO2 for your plants: https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/12/reinventing-the-gree...
Re:NASA Flew Gas Detectors Above California, Found ‘Super Em... by thinkcontext on Friday November 08, 2019 @12:04PM (#21484205)
This is of no use in the developed world for a normal house. Try getting your home owners insurance to pay off a claim against an accident involving this. Also, according to its specs you can get 2hrs of cooking per day if you supply 5 gallons of animal manure. That's a tiny amount of energy compared to modern energy needs.

For most people this would be a novelty, maybe you could run an outdoor grill off of it.

Re:NASA Flew Gas Detectors Above California, Found ‘Super Em... by hanniabu on Friday November 08, 2019 @01:19PM (#21485089)
I'm sure most families can gather 5 gallons of organic waste per week, which would provide them enough gas to have a BBQ once a week.