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Californians May Soon Be Cooking With Cow Power GOT GAS?

PG&E considers using a natural energy source that comes from cows — and it sure isn’t milk

In its quest to tap renewable sources of energy, California has harnessed the wind, the sun, the mighty force of rivers and the steady heat within the Earth.

Now it’s looking at cow manure.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has signed an agreement to distribute a form of natural gas derived from cow excrement collected at Central Valley dairies.

A small New Hampshire company will produce the gas at individual California farms and deliver it to PG&E’s pipeline system, a 40,123-mile web spanning the northern and central part of the state. San Francisco’s PG&E might buy the gas or ship it to other buyers — that hasn’t been decided.

David R. Baker, Chronicle Staff Writer

Full Story: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/07/12/BUGR7JTFU91.DTL

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