Cow dung as fuel source? THIS tractor presents alternative to polluting diesel farm vehicles
New Holland T-6 tractor | Representative | CNH Industrial
An Italy-based company is stepping up to replace pollution-causing diesel tractors with one that completely runs on methane, usually sourced from animal waste such as cow dung in a large farm.
Methane is the byproduct of almost every organic decomposition and accounts for about 20 per cent of global warming-causing emissions.
What is methane-run farm tractor like?
The tractor is reportedly dubbed New Holland T6. It weighs 21,000 pounds (or nearly 10 tonnes) and claims to have a 180 horsepower (hp) engine. Its 185 litretank gives out 62 per cent less nitrous oxide and up to 15 per cent less carbon dioxide, Bloomberg reported.
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All of it is sourced from the manure of roughly 75 cows.
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What does it mean?
Heavy-duty agriculture equipment emits nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide. They continuously emit a cloud of methane, which contributes to global warming at a rate 80 times more than carbon dioxide. While electric vehicles are coming up to solve the issue amid heightening climate change concerns, a need for 'alternative fuels' has been felt too.
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"Electrification has a role…but it’s not likely to replace diesel," Chief Executive Officer of CNH, the Italy-based company that made New Holland T6, told Bloomberg. "But a medium-sized farm is going to produce more methane than it can use," CNH CEO Scott Wine further said.
Methane-powered tractor: Big costs a cause of concern
The T6 cost $203,000, about 30 per cent more than a typical diesel tractor.
However, the company claims that the customers can cover the huge costs in less than a year due to the cheap sourcing of methane fuel via cow manure refills.
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