Mother's Methane Maker Meets Mass Media

After more than a year of setbacks, MOTHER's methane maker is now in production, with Dick Shuttleworth's new design and rebuilding of the biogas unit.

November/December 1973

OK, folks. After more than a year of setbacks. MOTHER's methane maker is now in production. To briefly recap: During the summer of 1972, Ram Bux Singh (head of the Gobar Gas Research Station in northern India) visited the United States. At that time he helped some of MOTHER's people put together a methane gas generator designed especially for use in the United States and Canada (where the average temperatures-especially during the winter-are lower than the average temperatures experienced in India). MORE »