http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/09/08/dutch-harvest-chicken-manure-to-power-90000-homes/

Not only is the power plant carbon
neutral, but it prevents whatever greenhouse gases would have gone up
into the air had the manure just been sitting out in the open. As an
added bonus, this power plant simultaneously solves the problem of
chicken waste disposal, using a third of the nation's chicken manure.

Another clever use of manure is in
California, where cow manure is used to make natural gas. PG&E, a
regional energy company, is attempting to recruit dairy farmers for
their cow manure:

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN0440606220080305?rpc=64

Like chicken manure, cow manure's
energy is stored in the methane, which gets filtered out to be used to make natural gas. While it's not yet as
efficient as other energy sources, dairy farmers love the fact that
they get extra revenue, and PG&E loves using this method to meet
its renewable energy goals.

I'd personally love to tell visitors to my home that my house was powered by chicken manure or cow manure. While I think these are a really innovative uses of manure, I don't know whether manure will really be the next big thing in the future of energy. What do you guys think?

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