CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml" xmlns:og="http://opengraphprotocol.org/schema/" dir="ltr"> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=7YQSqjSh" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://www.gizmag.com/biofilter-cleans-heats-barn-air/21013/","20120112145831","https://web.archive.org/","web","https://web-static.archive.org/_static/", "1326380311"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=p7PEIJWi" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://web-static.archive.org/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <title>Prototype system removes air pollutants and generates heat for livestock barns</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <meta name="robots" content="all"/> <meta name="description" content="A prototype system has been created for cleaning and heating the air in chicken and pig barns."/> <meta name="keywords" content="Heat,Pollution,Air Purification System,Animals,Filter,Agriculture,Research Watch"/> <link rel="canonical" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/biofilter-cleans-heats-barn-air/21013/"/> <link rel="image_src" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/barnair.jpg"/> <meta name="title" content="Prototype system removes air pollutants and generates heat for livestock barns"/> <link rel="alternate" media="handheld" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://m.gizmag.com/article/21013"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831cs_/http://files.gizmag.com/static_styles.css?x=1326349514"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/web/20120112145831cs_/http://www.gizmag.com/css/dynamic_styles.php?x=1326349514"/> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://gizmag.com/xml/" title="Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine"/> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/web/20120112145831im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/favicon.ico"/> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/web/20120112145831im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/apple-touch-icon.png"/>   <script type="text/javascript"> var googletag = googletag || {}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; (function() { var gads = document.createElement("script"); gads.async = true; gads.type = "text/javascript"; var useSSL = "https:" == document.location.protocol; gads.src = (useSSL ? "https:" : "http:") + "//web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js"; var node =document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; node.parentNode.insertBefore(gads, node); })(); </script>  <script type="text/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push(function() { gpt_leaderboard = googletag.defineSlot('/1007667/ca-pub-1607124478120364/ResearchWatch_Leaderboard_Top_728x90', [728,90], 'leaderboard') .addService(googletag.pubads()); gpt_islandtr = googletag.defineSlot('/1007667/ca-pub-1607124478120364/ResearchWatch_IslandTop_Right_300x250', [300,250], 'island_top_right') .addService(googletag.pubads()); gpt_islandbr = googletag.defineSlot('/1007667/ca-pub-1607124478120364/ResearchWatch_IslandBottom_Right_300x250', [300,250], 'island_bottom_right') .addService(googletag.pubads()); gpt_billboard = googletag.defineSlot('/1007667/ca-pub-1607124478120364/Billboard', [970,250], 'billboard') .addService(googletag.pubads()); gpt_skyscraper = googletag.defineSlot('/1007667/ca-pub-1607124478120364/ResearchWatch_Skyscraper_Right_160x600', [160,600], 'skyscraper_right') .addService(googletag.pubads()); gpt_bottom_inc = googletag.defineSlot('/1007667/ca-pub-1607124478120364/bottom_include', [1,1], 'bottom_include') .addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(); googletag.enableServices(); }); </script> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="/web/20120112145831js_/http://www.gizmag.com/inc/global_public.js?1326380311"></script> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="/web/20120112145831js_/http://www.gizmag.com/inc/articles_public.js"></script>    <link href="https://plus.google.com/105149739082983197804" rel="publisher"/> </head> <body> <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20120112145831js_/http://www.gizmag.com/inc/jquery/jquery-1.7.1.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20120112145831js_/http://www.gizmag.com/inc/login_comments.js"></script>  <div id="fb-root"></div> <script> window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({ appId: '38456013908', status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true, oauth: true }); FB.Event.subscribe('auth.logout', function(response) { if(response.status!=='connected'){ //user is logging out of facebook logoutUser(); } }); }; (function() { var e = document.createElement('script'); e.async = true; e.src = document.location.protocol + '//web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js'; document.getElementById('fb-root').appendChild(e); }()); var $jqr = jQuery.noConflict(); $jqr(document).ready(function() { var fbuser = checkFBUser(); }); </script>  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831js_/https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>  <script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ var mobile = (/iphone|ipod|android|blackberry|mini|windows\sce|palm/i.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase())); if (mobile) { var mob_link = "<div id='mob_redirect'><a href='https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://m.gizmag.com/article/21013/'>Read this article on our mobile site</a></div> "; $jqr('body').prepend(mob_link); } // ]]></script>  <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-2235360-4']); _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 1, 'Section','Research Watch',3 ]); _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 2, 'Writer', 'Ben Coxworth', 3 ]); _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 4, 'PPV_test3', '1', 3 ]); _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 5, 'MonthPublished', '1325404800', 3 ]); _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 3, 'View', 'Article', 3 ]); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageLoadTime']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/https://ssl' : 'https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(ga); })(); </script>  <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20120112145831js_/http://www.gizmag.com/inc/ga_social_tracking_min.js"></script>  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831js_/http://edge.quantserve.com/quant.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript">_qacct="p-23Y-rtuj52xr6";quantserve();</script> <noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-23Y-rtuj52xr6.gif" style="display: none" height="1" width="1" alt="Quantcast"/></noscript>   <script type="text/javascript">var _sf_startpt=(new Date()).getTime()</script>  <div class="index" id="top_index"> <div class="index_center"> <ul class="header_links float_left"> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/xml/" title="Subscribe to Gizmag's RSS feed"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/rss_icon_glass.png" alt="RSS logo"/>Subscribe to Gizmag's RSS feed</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.twitter.com/gizmag/" title="Follow Gizmag on Twitter"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/twitter-icon.png" alt="Twitter bird"/>Follow Gizmag on Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/stumble/stumblethru:gizmag.com?utm_source=GizMag&utm_medium=StumbleThru&utm_campaign=StumbleThruButton " title="Explore Gizmag" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/StumbleUpon-logo.png" alt="Stumble Thru"/>Explore Gizmag</a></li> </ul>  <div id="search_form_top"> <form action="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/search/" id="cse-search-box-top"> <div> <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-1607124478120364:cf1bgg5f284"/> <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:11"/> <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1"/> <input type="text" name="q" size="38"/> <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search"/> </div> </form> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831js_/http://www.google.com/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box-top&lang=en"></script> </div> </div> </div> <a name="top"></a>  <div id="top_strip" class="snap_noshots"><center><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/ces-2012/" target="_blank">CES 2012 highlights</a></center></div> <div class="center"> <div id="header"> <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/" id="logo"></a> <div align="right" class="snap_noshots" id="leaderboard"> <script type="text/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("leaderboard"); }); </script> </div> </div>  <div id="top_stories"> <ul id="img"> <li id="top_story0"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/chryslers-700c-concept/21069/" title="Chrysler's 700C concept may be a glimpse of the next generation minivan"></a></li> <li id="top_story1"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/vuzix-smart-glasses-ces-2012/21031/" title="Vuzix SMART glasses bring Augmented Reality into focus at CES"></a></li> <li id="top_story2"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/aris-sport-carving-skateboard/21063/" title="ARIS Sport throws a new curve at skateboard wheels"></a></li> <li id="top_story3"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/huawei-ascend-p1s-thinnest-smartphone/21067/" title="Huawei claims world's thinnest smartphone title with Ascend P1 S"></a></li> <li id="top_story4"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/samsung-super-oled-tv/21055/" title="Samsung unveils 55-inch Super OLED TV to be released later this year"></a></li> </ul> <ul id="titles"> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/chryslers-700c-concept/21069/">Chrysler's 700C concept may be a glimpse of the next generation minivan</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/vuzix-smart-glasses-ces-2012/21031/">Vuzix SMART glasses bring Augmented Reality into focus at CES</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/aris-sport-carving-skateboard/21063/">ARIS Sport throws a new curve at skateboard wheels</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/huawei-ascend-p1s-thinnest-smartphone/21067/">Huawei claims world's thinnest smartphone title with Ascend P1 S</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/samsung-super-oled-tv/21055/">Samsung unveils 55-inch Super OLED TV to be released later this year</a></li> </ul> <div class="clear_both"></div> <a id="more" class="orange" href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/top_stories/">MORE TOP STORIES » </a> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="billboard"> <script type="text/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("billboard"); }); </script> </div> <div id="content" class="narrow_content" data-article="21013"> <div id="article_top" class="summary_details">  <div class="sd_top"> <script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ var mobile = (/iphone|ipad|ipod|android|blackberry|mini|windows\sce|palm/i.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase())); if (mobile) { var mob_link = "<img src='https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/cellphone.png'/><a id='article_mobile_link' class='small' href='https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://m.gizmag.com/article/21013'>View on mobile site</a>"; $jqr('.sd_top').append(mob_link); } // ]]></script> <a class="small" href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/researchwatch/" style="float: left; ">RESEARCH WATCH</a> </div> <h2>Prototype system removes air pollutants and generates heat for livestock barns</h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/" rel="author">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>18:20 January 5, 2012</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="#comments">12 Comments</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div id="hero_box" style="width: 530px;"> <a id="hero_link" href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/biofilter-cleans-heats-barn-air/21013/pictures"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/barnair.jpg" title="A prototype system has been created for cleaning and heating the air in chicken and swine ..." width="530" height="297" alt="A prototype system has been created for cleaning and heating the air in chicken and swine ..." border="0"/></a><div class="pic_caption"> <p>A prototype system has been created for cleaning and heating the air in chicken and swine barns (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.shutterstock.com/multiple_users.mhtml#id=78789424&src=20f3e0c7d615032b6c8d6d4696f777c1-1-5" target="_blank">Pig barn</a> via Shutterstock)</p> </div> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div class="article_body"> <div id="top_unit"></div> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831js_/http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script> <p>If you've ever so much as stepped into a chicken or swine barn, you'll know that they can be very, very smelly places. When vented outdoors, the air from these buildings does more than just make the area stink - it can actually be a major source of air pollution and greenhouse gases. Fortunately, however, researchers from North Carolina State University and West Virginia University have created a system that not only helps clean the air going out of the barns, but it heats up the air coming in from outside.</p> <p>The system runs the polluted air through a biofiltration medium, such as compost or wood chips. Bacteria living within that material break down and neutralize the pollutants, much as they do in biofilters used for fish ponds or aquariums. Once it's time to replace the medium, the old material can be used as crop fertilizer, as it is full of valuable nitrogen.</p> <p>The use of such a filtration system would increase costs for farmers on its own, so the researchers are hoping to offset those costs by allowing the system to assist in heating incoming air. This is done using a heat exchanger, which receives heat from both the warm, polluted air that is being treated, and from the biochemical reactions taking place within the biofilter.</p> <p>So far the team has focused on the removal of ammonia, as it is very plentiful in such barns, and is a major source of pollution. When a prototype system was tested on a 5,000-bird chicken barn, it was found to remove up to 79 percent of the ammonia from the outgoing air, and recovered up to 8.3 kilowatts of heat.</p> <p>"The technology is best suited for use when an operation wants to vent a facility that has high ammonia concentrations, and pump in cleaner air in preparation for a fresh batch of chicks or piglets - particularly in cold weather" said <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wmsshahheat/" target="_blank">NC State</a>'s Dr. Sanjay Shah. "It is also suitable for use when supplemental heat is required for raising the young animals."</p> <p>A paper on the research was recently published in the journal <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.nonprofitjournals.org/journals/applied_engineering.htm" target="_blank"><em>Applied Engineering in Agriculture</em></a>.</p>  <div id="bottom_unit"> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831js_/http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script> </div> </div>  <span class="title">Share</span> <div id="article_share" class="dotsontop"> <span class="as_button"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-via="gizmag">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> twttr.events.bind('tweet', function(event) { if (event) { var targetUrl; if (event.target && event.target.nodeName == 'IFRAME') { targetUrl = extractParamFromUri(event.target.src, 'url'); } _gaq.push(['_trackSocial', 'twitter', 'tweet', targetUrl]); } }); twttr.events.bind('retweet', function(){ var targetUrl; if (event.target && event.target.nodeName == 'IFRAME') { targetUrl = extractParamFromUri(event.target.src, 'url'); } _gaq.push(['_trackSocial', 'twitter', 'retweet', targetUrl]); }); function extractParamFromUri(uri, paramName){ if(!uri){ return; } var uri = uri.split('#')[0]; //remove anchor var parts = uri.split('?'); //check for query params if(parts.length == 1){ return; //no params } var query = decodeURI(parts[1]); //find the url param paramName += '='; var params = query.split('&'); for(var i = 0, param; param = params[i]; ++i){ if(param.indexOf(paramName) === 0){ return unescape(param.split('=')[1]); } } } </script> </span> <span class="as_button"><script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831js_/http://www.stumbleupon.com/hostedbadge.php?s=1"></script></span> <span class="as_button"><g:plusone size="medium" count="true" href="http://www.gizmag.com/biofilter-cleans-heats-barn-air/21013/"></g:plusone></span> <span class="as_button"><script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831js_/http://platform.linkedin.com/in.js"></script><script type="in/share" data-counter="right"></script></span> <span class="as_button"><script type="text/javascript">reddit_newwindow='1'</script><script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831js_/http://www.reddit.com/static/button/button1.js"></script></span> <fb:like href="http://www.gizmag.com/biofilter-cleans-heats-barn-air/21013/" send="false" width="450" show_faces="false" font="" id="facebook_like"></fb:like><script type="text/javascript">_ga.trackFacebook();</script> </div>   <div id="tags"> <span class="title">Tags</span> <div class="dotsontop"> <ul> <li>» <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/agriculture/" rel="tag">Agriculture</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/air+purification+system/" rel="tag">Air Purification System</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/animals/" rel="tag">Animals</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/filter/" rel="tag">Filter</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/heat/" rel="tag">Heat</a></li> <li>» <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/pollution/" rel="tag">Pollution</a></li> <li class="clear_both"></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="bing_unit"></div>  <span class="title" id="comments">User Comments (12)</span> <div class="dotsontop" id="comment_dots">  <div id="comment-101098" class="a_comment"> <p>There should be a parallel offshoot of this technology for the Planet Earth. In a couple of hundred years we WILL be living in planet-wide-swine-barn so it's good to have a headstart. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">SpaceBagels</span> <span class="date">- January 5, 2012 @ 06:42 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101104" class="a_comment"> <p>These animals don't deserve to live like this-all stuffed together in factory farms. It is a regrettable technology. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Carlos Grados</span> <span class="date">- January 5, 2012 @ 07:09 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101155" class="a_comment"> <p>Given the flammability of ammonia and methane running an ICE powered generator on the barn exhaust air, and bio gas from anaerobic digestion tanks treating the animal waste would clean the air, treat the sewage, generate good food compatible fertilizer, electricity, and hot water. If you get all the design curlycues right highly efficient as well. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Slowburn</span> <span class="date">- January 5, 2012 @ 09:13 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101173" class="a_comment"> <p>Space your kinder will be living on a planet wide swine barn, mine as well, Carlos, agree, humans will destroy this ecosystem aka planet wanna guess how long we take to do it? Bestust, Bill </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Bill Bennett</span> <span class="date">- January 5, 2012 @ 09:50 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101224" class="a_comment"> <p>Finally : a cheap and easy way to remove the smell of pig and poultry farms ! </p> <p></p> <p>And the generated heat can be used to roast the animals, too ;-) </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Bart Viaene</span> <span class="date">- January 6, 2012 @ 02:33 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101236" class="a_comment"> <p>I agree with slowburn. Instead of filtering use the barn air as input for a gen-set running on methane from a waste digester. The ammonia and methane in the air will burn along with the input fuel. Then you use a heat exchanger to use the waste heat from the gen-set to heat the barn. </p> <p></p> <p>Then the farmer gets electricity, cleaner air, sale-able fertilizer, heat and healthier livestock. The only loss is the cost of building the digester pool and the co-gen equipment. </p> <p></p> <p>There are already farms that get all their electricity from digester methane. It's a small change to route the air intake for the generator from inside the barn and waste heat back to the fresh air intake. </p> <p></p> <p>These digester powered farms are common enough that Mythbusters even found one for the running a lawnmower on cow poop myth. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Joel Joines</span> <span class="date">- January 6, 2012 @ 05:17 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101272" class="a_comment"> <p>How about we stop raising animals in these conditions. Free range is a cleaner, healthier method, albeit more expensive. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Jim Clouse</span> <span class="date">- January 6, 2012 @ 09:02 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101275" class="a_comment"> <p>@Carlos Grados that photo is not a "Factory Farm". That's the standard size hog house that might be seen on most any small farm. Those pigs likely spend more time outside than you do. They actually enjoy being "stuffed together", also known as feeding time, as much as humans enjoy the company of others during a meal. Please do some research and visit an actual hog farm near you. They are good for the economy and good for the dinner table. ;) </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Gene Jordan</span> <span class="date">- January 6, 2012 @ 09:11 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101335" class="a_comment"> <p>Free range chickens grow slower and smaller, but their eggs and meat are much healthier. So the end product justifies the greater cost. When we call for better conditions in producing animal products we have to put our money where our mouth is. When people only buy free range and certified humanly raised animals we will have only that. The consumer is king. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">voluntaryist</span> <span class="date">- January 6, 2012 @ 11:31 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101377" class="a_comment"> <p>I'm getting over the filth of these places and what they feed them. So I'm going to build a 6 nest movable coup and get he local chickens to move in. That will get me both meat and eggs delivered to my door fresh at little cost. </p> <p></p> <p>Chickens are in many places already. Just give them a home until you are ready to eat. </p> <p></p> <p>Tastes like chicken ;^P </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">jerryd</span> <span class="date">- January 6, 2012 @ 01:48 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101458" class="a_comment"> <p>All pig lovers and animal rights personnel... You complain about animal conditions.... mostly knowing nothing next to about animals in the first instance).. Why not go to your local Pig farm and sponsor a pig.... </p> <p></p> <p>They are lovely creatures you can have for a pet..... </p> <p></p> <p>Then when Christmas comes around you will have all the ham you can eat... </p> <p></p> <p>Feel good about giving your porker a better life, and then he will thank you by feeding you in return.... </p> <p></p> <p>This story is about a problem which has been practically solved on all of the 3rd world countries, as some have mentioned, bio-gas generators are a low cost solution digesting all of the effluent stream from intensive animal husbandry farms... </p> <p></p> <p>The Problem is that in 1st world places, (Developed countries) the cost of implementing the correctly designed, certified and accredited system (manufacturer and installer, and maintenance personnel (OHS training for workers, enclosed space tickets, high place tickets, gas free certification etc etc..).). is often greater than buying in power from a large scale generator, and discharging polluted waste into the environment.... </p> <p></p> <p>SAD </p> <p></p> <p>Too much government regulation, and too many fingers in the pie to make many of these systems viable in the short term... </p> <p></p> <p></p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">MD</span> <span class="date">- January 6, 2012 @ 10:20 pm PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="comment-101485" class="a_comment"> <p>Just been to India. 1,200,000,000 people there of which 80% are Hindu which means they are vegetarian. That's almost a billion people getting by without eating pigs, or factory farming them. That's also a really huge chunk of rainforest not cut down to feed soya to the pigs. </p> <p></p> <p>I grew up on a factory farm and it was not nice. Think concentration camp for animals. </p> <p></p> <p>I went to India a meat eater, but the Indian food made me lose interest in eating meat. The big difference there is that vegetarian is mainstream, a fully developed cuisine, its the norm. </p> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comment.png" alt="comment"> <span class="name">Doug MacLeod</span> <span class="date">- January 7, 2012 @ 06:53 am PST</span> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> </div> <span class="title">Post a Comment</span> <div class="dotsontop" id="comment_form_div"> <div id="comment_form" data-article="21013"> <div id="comments_login"> <form action="" style="clear: both; padding-top: 0px;" name="login_form" id="login_form" onsubmit="return false;"> <p><strong>Login with your gizmag account:</strong></p> <p id="login_status"></p> <label for="email">Email</label><input type="text" class="text" name="email" id="email" value=""/><br/><br/> <label for="password">Password</label><input type="password" class="text" name="password" id="password" value=""/><br/> <div> <input type="submit" style="float: right" id="submit" value="Log In"/> <div id="options"> <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/register/">Register here</a>       <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/new_password/">Forgotten your password?</a> </div> </div> <input type="hidden" id="expired_comment" value=""/> </form> </div> <div id="facebook_login"> <p>Or <strong>Login with Facebook:</strong></p><br/> <fb:login-button scope="email" max-rows="1" onlogin="loginFUser(21013);" autologoutlink="true"></fb:login-button> </div> </div> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <br/> <span class="title">Related Articles</span> <div class="dotsontop"> <div id="related_articles"> <div class="pair"> <div> <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/thermally-activated-cooling-system-waste-heat/18902/" class="image" style="clear: both" title="The prototype 'thermally activated cooling system' combines two technologies, for harnessi..."> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/related/tacs.jpg" alt="The prototype 'thermally activated cooling system' combines two technologies, for harnessi..."/></a> <a style="clear: both" class="blue" href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/thermally-activated-cooling-system-waste-heat/18902/">'Thermally activated cooling system' puts waste heat to use</a> </div> <div> <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/new-process-for-storing-generating-hydrogen/15500/" class="image" style="clear: both" title="Members of Purdue University's hydrothermolysis research team (Prof. Varma at left) "> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/related/hydrothermolysis.jpg" alt="Members of Purdue University's hydrothermolysis research team (Prof. Varma at left) "/></a> <a style="clear: both" class="blue" href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/new-process-for-storing-generating-hydrogen/15500/">New process for storing and generating hydrogen to run fuel cell cars</a> </div> <div class="clear_both" style="height: 10px;"></div> </div> <div class="pair"> <div> <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/alloy-converts-heat-into-electricity/19025/" class="image" style="clear: both" title="A newly-created alloy (center disc) is able to convert heat directly into electricity (Ima..."> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/related/newalloy-1.jpg" alt="A newly-created alloy (center disc) is able to convert heat directly into electricity (Ima..."/></a> <a style="clear: both" class="blue" href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/alloy-converts-heat-into-electricity/19025/">New alloy converts heat directly into electricity</a> </div> <div> <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/harnessing-waste-electronics-heat/16494/" class="image" style="clear: both" title="A scanning electron microscope image and a rendering of Caltech's silicon nanomesh (Image:..."> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/related/nanomesh.jpg" alt="A scanning electron microscope image and a rendering of Caltech's silicon nanomesh (Image:..."/></a> <a style="clear: both" class="blue" href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/harnessing-waste-electronics-heat/16494/">Putting waste heat from electronics to good use</a> </div> <div class="clear_both" style="height: 10px;"></div> </div> <div class="pair"> <div> <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/solar-powered-runway-de-icing/20520/" class="image" style="clear: both" title="The photovoltaic panels and concrete panels (background) being used in the experimental so..."> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/related/solarrunway.jpg" alt="The photovoltaic panels and concrete panels (background) being used in the experimental so..."/></a> <a style="clear: both" class="blue" href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/solar-powered-runway-de-icing/20520/">Using solar power to keep runways ice-free</a> </div> <div> <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/heat-regulating-building-material/19413/" class="image" style="clear: both" title="A new heat-regulating material could be used in buildings to cut heating and cooling costs"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/related/heat-regulating-material.jpg" alt="A new heat-regulating material could be used in buildings to cut heating and cooling costs"/></a> <a style="clear: both" class="blue" href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/heat-regulating-building-material/19413/">New heat-regulating building material could cut building heating and cooling costs</a> </div> <div class="clear_both" style="height: 10px;"></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div>  <span class="title">Email this article to a friend</span> <div id="email_friend_div" class="dotsontop padding10"> <p><em>Just enter your friends and your email address into the form below</em></p> <p><span id="emailfriendnote">For multiple addresses, separate each with a comma</span></p> <form id="emailafriend" name="emailafriend" action="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/email/friend" class="padding10" onsubmit="email_friend_valid('email_friend', 21013, document.emailafriend.friendsemail.value, document.emailafriend.youremail.value); return false; "> <div id="emailresult"></div> <div class="emailbox"> <label for="youremail">Your Email</label><br/> <input id="youremail" type="text" name="youremail"/> </div> <div class="emailbox"> <label for="friendsemail">Friends Email</label><br/> <input id="friendsemail" type="text" name="friendsemail"/> </div> <div class="emailbutton"> <input type="submit" value="Email"/> </div> </form> <br class="clear_both"/> <p id="privacy">Privacy is safe with us because we have a strict <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/privacy/">privacy policy</a>.</p> </div>  <div id="search_form_bottom"> <form action="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/search/" id="cse-search-box-bottom"> <span class="title">Looking for something? Search our 16,651 articles</span> <div class="dotsontop"> <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-1607124478120364:bqw4wo-1udf"/> <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:11"/> <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1"/> <input type="text" name="q" size="66" id="search_input"/> <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search"/> </div> </form> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831js_/http://www.google.com/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box-bottom&lang=en"></script> </div> </div> <div id="right_cols"> <div class="island" id="island_top_right"> <script type="text/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("island_top_right"); }); </script> </div> <div id="right_col_a"> <div id="right_col_b"> <div class="ad" id="skyscraper_right"> <script type="text/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("skyscraper_right"); }); </script> </div> <div class="ad"> <span class="title">Sections</span> <ul class="dots" id="sections_list"> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/aerogizmo/">Aero Gizmo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/aroundthehome/">Around The Home</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/automotive/">Automotive</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/babygizmo/">Baby Gizmo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/childsplay/">Childsplay</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/digital-cameras/">Digital Cameras</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/ecogizmo/">ecoGizmo</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/electronics/">Electronics</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/games/">Games</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/goodthinking/">Good Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/health/">Health and Wellbeing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/destinations/">Holiday Destinations</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/homeentertainment/">Home Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/remarkablepeople/">Inventors and Remarkable People</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/laptops/">Laptops</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/military/">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/mobiletechnology/">Mobile Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/motorcycles/">Motorcycles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/music/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/onthewater/">On the Water</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/outdoors/">Outdoors</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/personalcomputing/">Personal Computing</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/petgizmos/">Pet Gizmos</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/podcasts/">Podcasts</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/researchwatch/">Research Watch</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/robotics/">Robotics</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/scienceandeducation/">Science and Education</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/sports/">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/spygear/">Spy Gear</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/telecommunications/">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/urbantransport/">Urban Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/wearableelectronics/">Wearable Electronics</a></li> </ul> </div> </div>  <span class="title">Recent popular articles in Research Watch</span> <ul id="vertical_sprite"> <li class="img sect_37" id="story0"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/mit-suit-75-years-old/20982/" title="MIT develops a suit that makes you feel like you're 75 years old"></a></li> <li class="ar_title"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/mit-suit-75-years-old/20982/">MIT develops a suit that makes you feel like you're 75 years old</a></li> <li class="img sect_37" id="story1"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/biofuel-cell-power-insect-cyborg/21036/" title="Powering insect cyborgs with an implantable biofuel cell"></a></li> <li class="ar_title"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/biofuel-cell-power-insect-cyborg/21036/">Powering insect cyborgs with an implantable biofuel cell</a></li> <li class="img sect_37" id="story2"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/atom-tall-silicon-wire/21040/" title="Atom-tall silicon wires pave way for quantum computers"></a></li> <li class="ar_title"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/atom-tall-silicon-wire/21040/">Atom-tall silicon wires pave way for quantum computers</a></li> <li class="img sect_37" id="story3"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-molecular-structures-built-on-surface/17066/" title="3D molecular structures built on a surface for first time"></a></li> <li class="ar_title"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/3d-molecular-structures-built-on-surface/17066/">3D molecular structures built on a surface for first time</a></li> <li class="img sect_37" id="story4"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/biofilter-cleans-heats-barn-air/21013/" title="Prototype system removes air pollutants and generates heat for livestock barns"></a></li> <li class="ar_title"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/biofilter-cleans-heats-barn-air/21013/">Prototype system removes air pollutants and generates heat for livestock barns</a></li> <li class="img sect_37" id="story5"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/autoimmune-disease-weizmann/21034/" title="Scientists trick immune system to treat autoimmune disease in mice"></a></li> <li class="ar_title"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/autoimmune-disease-weizmann/21034/">Scientists trick immune system to treat autoimmune disease in mice</a></li> <li class="img sect_37" id="story6"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/brain-capable-of-redefining-peoples-selves/17951/" title="Scientists claim that 'self' can relocate to other bodies, or be made to include a third arm"></a></li> <li class="ar_title"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/brain-capable-of-redefining-peoples-selves/17951/">Scientists claim that 'self' can relocate to other bodies, or be made to include a third arm</a></li> <li class="img sect_37" id="story7"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/hurricanes-typhoons-may-trigger-earthquakes/20959/" title="Hurricanes and typhoons may trigger major earthquakes, according to new study"></a></li> <li class="ar_title"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/hurricanes-typhoons-may-trigger-earthquakes/20959/">Hurricanes and typhoons may trigger major earthquakes, according to new study</a></li> <li class="img sect_37" id="story8"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/new-particle-large-hadron-collider/20945/" title="Large Hadron Collider researchers find new particle"></a></li> <li class="ar_title"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/new-particle-large-hadron-collider/20945/">Large Hadron Collider researchers find new particle</a></li> <li class="img sect_37" id="story9"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/solar-shadow-state/20930/" title="" shadow state" discovery could dramatically boost solar power efficiency"></a></li> <li class="ar_title"><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/solar-shadow-state/20930/">"Shadow state" discovery could dramatically boost solar power efficiency</a></li> </ul> <div class="clear_both"></div> <div class="island" id="island_bottom_right"> <script type="text/javascript"> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("island_bottom_right"); }); </script> </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="clear_left"></div>  </div>  <div id="footer_outer"> <div id="footer"> <div id="footer_items_top"></div> <div id="footer_items_mid">  <div class="footer_item" id="footer_popular"> <span class="title">Most Popular Articles</span> <div class="dotsontop"> <div class="tabs"> <a onclick="swap_tab('popular_today', 'popular_week', 'popular_all'); sndReqArg('popular_articles', '86400');" id="popular_today" style="font-weight: bold">Today</a> <a onclick="swap_tab('popular_week', 'popular_all', 'popular_today'); sndReqArg('popular_articles', '604800');" id="popular_week">Last Week</a> <a onclick="swap_tab('popular_all', 'popular_week', 'popular_today'); sndReqArg('popular_articles', '');" id="popular_all">All Time</a> </div> <ul id="popular_articles">  <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/aris-sport-carving-skateboard/21063/">ARIS Sport throws a new curve at skateboard wheels</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/vuzix-smart-glasses-ces-2012/21031/">Vuzix SMART glasses bring Augmented Reality into focus at CES</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/samsung-super-oled-tv/21055/">Samsung unveils 55-inch Super OLED TV to be released later this year</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/chryslers-700c-concept/21069/">Chrysler's 700C concept may be a glimpse of the next generation minivan</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/huawei-ascend-p1s-thinnest-smartphone/21067/">Huawei claims world's thinnest smartphone title with Ascend P1 S</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/lit-motors-c1-self-balancing-motorcycle/21002/">Lit Motors' C-1 electric motorcycle will stand up for itself</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/lg-blast-chiller-refrigerator/21054/">LG Blast Chiller means you never have to drink a warm beer again</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/razers-gaming-tablet-concept/21070/">Razer's tablet concept plays current games like a high-end PC</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/tata-emo-concept-ev/21064/">Tata presents ,000 eMO compact EV concept</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/volkswagen-ebugster-electric-beetle/21041/">Volkswagen unveils E-Bugster electric Beetle concept in Detroit</a></li> </ul> </div> </div>  <div class="footer_item" id="footer_commented"> <span class="title">Most Commented Articles</span> <div class="dotsontop"> <div class="tabs"> <a onclick="swap_tab('commented_today', 'commented_week', 'commented_all'); sndReqArg('commented_articles', '86400');" id="commented_today">Today</a> <a onclick="swap_tab('commented_week', 'commented_all', 'commented_today'); sndReqArg('commented_articles', '604800');" id="commented_week" style="font-weight: bold">Last Week</a> <a onclick="swap_tab('commented_all', 'commented_week', 'commented_today'); sndReqArg('commented_articles', '');" id="commented_all">All Time</a> </div> <ul id="commented_articles">  <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/lit-motors-c1-self-balancing-motorcycle/21002/">Lit Motors' C-1 electric motorcycle will stand up for itself</a> (41)</li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/ghost-rider-ghostrider-499-horsepower-turbo-hayabusa-busa-giveaway/21008/">World's most famous traffic outlaw giving away his 499-horsepower turbo motorcycle </a> (19)</li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/electric-jeep-grand-cherokee/20957/">The Jeep Grand Cherokee goes all electric </a> (16)</li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/polymer-captures-co2/21014/">New material shown to remove CO2 from smokestack effluent and other sources</a> (15)</li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/time-keeping-sensor-sleeves/21012/">Sensor sleeves could maximize workplace efficiency</a> (14)</li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/lg-blast-chiller-refrigerator/21054/">LG Blast Chiller means you never have to drink a warm beer again</a> (14)</li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/aris-sport-carving-skateboard/21063/">ARIS Sport throws a new curve at skateboard wheels</a> (12)</li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/power2u-ac-usb-wall-outlet/21042/">Power2U offers USB charging straight from the wall</a> (12)</li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/biofilter-cleans-heats-barn-air/21013/">Prototype system removes air pollutants and generates heat for livestock barns</a> (12)</li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/sim-lei-300-km-ev/21084/">"Unusual-looking" SIM-LEI EV has 300-km range, could be available soon</a> (10)</li> </ul> </div> </div>  <div class="footer_item nomargin" style="margin: 0px;" id="footer_subscribe"> <span class="title">Subscribe to Gizmag</span> <div class="dotsontop"> <form id="footer_email" action="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/newsletter/" method="post"> <p>Subscribe to Gizmag's email newsletter:</p> <input type="hidden" name="action" value="subscribe"/> <input type="hidden" name="location" value="footer"/> <input type="text" name="email" class="email" value="Enter Your Email Address ..." onclick="this.value=''"/> <input type="image" value="Go" class="submit" src="/web/20120112145831im_/http://www.gizmag.com/images/gobutton.png"/> </form> <div class="subscribe_options"> <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://twitter.com/gizmag/" class="twitter_footer greytitle"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/twitter-bird-med.png" alt="Follow Gizmag on Twitter" align="left"/> <span class="small">Follow Gizmag on</span><br/> <span class="large">Twitter</span></a> </div> <div class="subscribe_options"> <a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/xml/" class="rss_footer greytitle"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/rss_icon_footer.png" alt="" align="left"/> <span class="small">Subscribe to Gizmag's </span><br/> <span class="large">RSS feed</span></a> </div> <div class="subscribe_options googleplus_footer"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/https://plus.google.com/105149739082983197804?prsrc=3" style="cursor:pointer;display:inline;text-decoration:none;color:#333;font:13px/16px arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:top;margin-right:5px;margin-top:8px;">Gizmag</span><span style="display:inline;vertical-align:top;margin-right:15px;margin-top:8px;">on</span><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/https://ssl.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-32.png" alt="" style="border:0;width:32px;height:32px;"/> </a> </div>  <div class="stumbleupon_footer"> <su:follow ref="21057162" layout="2"></su:follow> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var li = document.createElement('script'); li.type = 'text/javascript'; li.async = true; li.src = 'https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/js/widgets-follow.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(li, s); })(); </script> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear_both"></div> </div> <div id="footer_items_bottom"></div> <div id="copyright"><em>All content copyright © Gizmag 2003 - 2012</em></div> <div class="clear_left"></div> </div> </div> <div class="index" id="footer_index"> <div class="index_center bottom_strip"> <ul> <li><a href="#top">Top</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/newsletter/">Email News</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/about/">About</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/contact/">Contact</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/privacy/">Privacy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/termsofuse/">Terms & Conditions</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20120112145831/http://www.gizmag.com/advertise/" class="brighter">Advertise</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/web/20120112145831cs_/http://www.gizmag.com/inc/jqmodal/jqModal.css"/> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="/web/20120112145831js_/http://www.gizmag.com/inc/jqmodal/jqModal.js"></script> <div id="subscribe_overlay_container" class="jqmWindow"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20120112145831js_/http://www.gizmag.com/inc/subscribe_overlay.js?x=1326380311"></script>  <script src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831js_/http://static.getclicky.com/js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript">clicky.init(110681);</script> <noscript><p><img alt="Clicky" width="1" height="1" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831im_/http://in.getclicky.com/110681ns.gif"/></p></noscript>  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831js_/http://static.fmpub.net/site/gizmag"></script>  <script type="text/javascript"> var _sf_async_config={uid:4159,domain:"gizmag.com"}; (function(){ function loadChartbeat() { window._sf_endpt=(new Date()).getTime(); var e = document.createElement('script'); e.setAttribute('language', 'javascript'); e.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript'); e.setAttribute('src', (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831/https://s3.amazonaws.com/" : "http://") + "static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js"); document.body.appendChild(e); } var oldonload = window.onload; window.onload = (typeof window.onload != 'function') ? loadChartbeat : function() { oldonload(); loadChartbeat(); }; })(); </script>  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120112145831js_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/new.cetrk.com/pages/scripts/0008/8786.js"> </script>   <div id="bottom_include"> <script type="text/javascript">googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("bottom_include"); });</script> </div>    </body> </html>