Comments on: Barncast 119 — Question Show

by: andrew

Sat, 24 May 2008 01:49:21 +0000

Misty and I worked on it today a lot, and it should be fixed in your sbuscribed feeds. The main directory should be updated by tomorrow. Misty thinks somehow it the mp3 got dropped from the RSS feed, which is odd.

by: misty

Fri, 23 May 2008 14:55:58 +0000

Hi Erica! I’ve verified the problem with iTunes (Andrew doesn’t use it at all). I’m not sure why it’s not showing either. Hopefully we can figure it out soon!

by: erica

Fri, 23 May 2008 14:49:38 +0000

Hey
Where is episode 119? Help
No podcast on itunes.
I got so worried I checked here to see it posted just fine. Phew.
withdrawl…..ack.
be well and please fix it.
thanks
erica

by: andrew

Thu, 22 May 2008 22:42:57 +0000

Hi Linda!! Emails exchanged :)

Temera,

I made a few changes to the post, maybe iTunes wasn’t liking it? iTunes can be funny sometimes, hopefully this will help.

by: Linda in Chicago

Thu, 22 May 2008 17:22:53 +0000

Hi, Andrew and Misty! I sent an email to the GFL account about a potential visit this weekend if you’re not already swamped with commitments. Maybe it got caught in the spam filter. Let me know if you’re up for visitors!

Tamera — iTunes was causing me some problems on this show, too. I just went to the GFL page in iTunes and clicked on the Download button and everything was fine. You can also try unsubscribing first, then subscribe again. Sometimes that straightens things out.

by: Tamera

Thu, 22 May 2008 12:46:42 +0000

This week’s show isn’t coming up on iTunes. What gives? I’m dyin’ here, LOL!

by: andrew

Tue, 20 May 2008 10:13:26 +0000

Those are fantastic Christna, really a great micro-power solution. Just imagine if more dairy’s would do it, and sell the power back to the grid!

-Andrew

by: Christina Ingersoll

Tue, 20 May 2008 04:11:24 +0000

Oh dear, those other two links did not come through. I’ll try again:

http://www.portlandgeneral.com/community_and_env/environment/biogas.asp

http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/01/manure_biodigester_turning_out.html

by: Christina Ingersoll

Tue, 20 May 2008 04:09:51 +0000

Hello there Andrew and Misty! Thanks for your show, I listen to it on the Subway trains on my commute through downtown Boston. Always great to be able to learn about things like dehydrating cabbage and goat worming in the middle of the city!

A few episodes ago, Misty, you and Andrew were speaking about the possibility of harnessing the methane from dairy cows (and other grouped, ruminant animals) and converting it to methanol for power.

I know that the image of a little cow muzzle with a pipe is rather hilarious, but the concept is in active development. Here are a few articles that describe some existing “biodigester” projects.

Vermont dairy installs biodigester–sells energy it generates to utility company.

It’s a concept that some students at MIT Sloan, the business school, have been working to streamline and market to developing nations as well as domestically.

It’s something I’d like to help popularize among farmers in the US. Not very glamorous, but I think it could save a lot of money and reduce greenhouse gases.

Thanks for your show!