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Imperative 22 : 3rd Vision: Mega co-op agroforests' joint venture biogas-fueled power plants

    At full operations stage, each mega co-op's agro-forest farm should be expected to produce thousand-ton stacks of farm wastes (stalks, leaves, straws) out of some 3,000 hectares of agro-forests that perpetually grow trees, vines, grains, vegetables, grasses, root crops and other greenery.  Each co-op may also operate feedlots for thousands of sheep, cattle, pigs, deer, antelope, ostrich, range chicken, ducks and goats under forest trees largely on contract production terms with foreign ranchers and restaurateurs.  The animals will be expected to yield enormous quantities of fecal waste.  As environmentalists know, crop and livestock wastes when combined in sealed digester tanks can generate methane gas which may be used to fuel power generators.     Methane is 25 times worse than CO2 as greenhouse gas, and it stays within the atmosphere for around 12 years before transforming into CO2 and water vapor.  Sequestering methane from generation source is therefore a great help