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开始以为是笑话，上网一查，是真事，阿根廷国家农技所的项目，并预言2070年后大家生活的城&乡没准会以屁甲烷为能源，原文如下： (8~D ^N6Z
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Argentina's National Institute for Agricultural Technology (INTA) has invented a way to convert cow flatulence into usable energy, and it involves putting a plastic backpack on a cow. PS8^ =
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Here's how the fartpacks work: tubes run from the backpack into the cows' rumen (or biggest digestive tract). They extract about 300 liters of methane a day, which is enough to run a car or a fridge for about 24 hours. p[ &b@U#
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Pablo Soranda, INTA press officer, told that the project is more about making a point than it is converting people to a way of life. &*74 5,e
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我觉得还不是太搞，苹果不也想出iFart吧。祝大家周末开心。 m2P&DdN[
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