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Nasturtium majus is the indigenous species for where I live in TX. This might be a tasty addition to my garden. I'm open to foraging, but the foraging in practice might be more dangerous with so many unknown factors. I don't know how many of my neighbors, or the city parks and recs, spray pesticides or herbicides.
Biogas is a mixture of different gases produced by the breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen, called also anaerobic digestion. It is produced from biodegradable materials and more than half of the resulting gas is methane. You can run that through a propane burner or a stove, and worldwide, lots of subsisting people do. It’s about as close to free fuel as you can get.
Of course, if you source a self-renewing pest crop like kudzu to produce your fuel, it becomes even more cost-effective. Of course, nothing is truly free. There is some physical labor involved in maintenance and cleaning.
Cost of overhead is minimal, and a 55-gallon drum biodigester can be hacked together from found items and salvage with minimal skill. Unless it’s larger than that, a digester setup should take no longer than one afternoon.These DIY pages are pretty concise, with detailed shopping lists. If you want this to happen, it’s not hard.
Granada biogas project start to finish
https://youtu.be/mWefbc1spd0
Four free, hot-weather plans, perfect for the Southern United States:
https://www.completebiogas.com/digester-plans
The success story of the biogas digester in Merida, Mexico:
https://youtu.be/ApDq4I20ZfU
How-to in Hindi and Urdu:
https://youtu.be/pKZgnXQCp98
Community-sized biogas plant reportback from Richmondvale:
https://www.completebiogas.com/B_55Gal.html
Solar Cities plastic drum biogas plant plans
http://www.solarcities.eu/education/472