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Home biogas: turning food waste into renewable energy (theconversation.com)

submitted 1 year ago by poVoq@slrpnk.net to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/114503

In practical terms, I put in about 2kg of food waste each day and so far I have had enough gas to cook with, sometimes twice a day. If I ever needed more gas, I could put in more organic matter. I will continue to monitor the system as part of my research and will publish updates in due course. If interested, watch this space.

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[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey man, thanks for posting this. I was just wondering: how many people do you have in your family/household?

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's a quote from the article, not "my" family.

I think any such numbers are really subjective and depend on your cooking style. If you want to cook lentils for hours each day then the gas is probably insufficient.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

My mistake, sorry!

I was more thinking of the 2kg of food waste per day he's apparently generating, because that... seems like a lot.