Stacks and stacks of bales
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Stacks and stacks of bales
Image: © Zorba the Geek Taken: 16 Aug 2007
Now that straw burning is taboo and that keeping cattle is becoming focused into the West, it is hard to imagine where all this straw gets used. If kept dry, perhaps it could be used in a biomass boiler or power station - or would that involve too many straw miles?
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Image Location
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52.804744
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1.070537