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India leverages cow dung for biogas to alleviate cooking gas shortages.

India is increasingly utilizing cow dung to produce biogas, offering a sustainable alternative to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and alleviating pressure on cooking fuel supplies. This initiative is particularly relevant in a nation where cows hold cultural significance and their dung has various traditional uses. The adoption of biogas aims to address challenges such as supply delays and black market activities associated with LPG. AI

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India leverages cow dung for biogas to alleviate cooking gas shortages.

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Agence France-Presse ·

    How India is cashing in on cows to beat cooking gas crunch

    Across much of India, an energy crunch caused by the Iran war has prompted long queues for cooking gas cylinders. That is not a problem for Gauri Devi. On a stove with blue flames, she flips a chapatti flatbread, burning biogas produced from cow dung – an alternative fuel helping…