sourcing renewable co2?

[bracconiere]

So i just took a survey from the gas company about, "How much do you want renewable natrual gas?" (or words to that effect....

they explained to me that 'renewable' NG comes from land fills and animal waste...apparently it produces co2 and methane...

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Where do you think CO2 comes from?

 

[bracconiere]

Where do you think CO2 comes from?

i just knew that we should start making plants work for it......(and beer! but i'm lazy so i spend ~$30 on a 20lb tank once a year, i wonder if someone could invent some sorta pressure regulator, that would let me add sugar to my kegs, and the extra would go back into the cylinder? probably need a high pressure pump though )

 

[mongoose33]

The US produces somewhere around 16 billion gallons of ethanol each year. Imagine how much CO2 is produced during that process.

I don't think we need to rely on cow farts, or any other source of "renewable" CO2.

 

[Gravitysucks]

Cow farts would methane'ate your beer. And I expect it would give it some rather vile off flavors.

 

[MaxStout]

Cow farts would methane'ate your beer. And I expect it would give it some rather vile off flavors.

For people who like a lot of funk in their beers, that's a feature, not a bug.

/Not a fan of funky, barnyard beers.

 

[bracconiere]

Cow farts would methane'ate your beer. And I expect it would give it some rather vile off flavors.

the gas company said they distill it though.....lol

 

[myelo]

Contrary to popular belief, cow farts are not a major source of greenhouse gas. It's cow burps. And it's not CO2, it's methane.

If figured that on a homebrewing site, we would want to get our facts straight about the serious topic of farts and burps.