By Rashidat Oladele
Claim: Chicken waste can be used as Biogas to power Car,Cooker,Generator etc
A farmer named Anthony Ego uses chicken poop as biogas to power his farm, house, and car efficiently without ever using traditional fuel, saving him a ton of money. This innovation has allowed him to be more productive. The video was posted by BBC Africa more than 11 months ago on their official YouTube page
https://youtu.be/y1Y8fNccsm4?si=qSBbMG8FujxSHWL6
NatureNews, Africa’s number 1 news publications, Which is dedicated to providing accurate insights to stop the spread of fake news particularly among users of social media subjected this claim for fact checking.
Findings: Naturefact the fact checking unit of NatureNews, looked into the claim using the Google search engine. There are a few studies and papers available.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30374721/#:~:text=Chicken%20manure%20is%20one%
https://backyardpoultry.iamcountryside.com/chickens-101/cooking-with-chicken-gas/#:~
https://www.scienceworldjournal.org/article/view/8550/6043
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LNaMCyODETk
https://www.poultryworld.net/home/ europes-first-poultry-manure-biogas-plant-in-action/
According to internet studies and publications, biogas can be produced from animal waste, such as cow dung and pig waste, including chicken excrement. An anaerobic digester with 3.7 liters of warm water and 2.8 kg of dried chicken droppings was utilized. The digester was then allowed to sit at 28 0C. Within 7 days, biogas was being produced, and after 3 weeks, the average daily production was 72.2 cm2/kg.
Verdict:True