Is methane production practical?

A Backwoods Home Anthology ALTERNATIVE ENERGY Is methane production on your homestead practical? By Jim Tracy for a Homesteaders searching power source of energy independent of grids and pipelines may have to look no farther than the manure in the barn. This”waste”is teeming with bacteria that produce energy through a process that is almost as old as life itself. In the absence of oxygen, certain types of bacteria break down organic material and give off methane gas, the chief constituent in the natural gas utilities sell.