Whale Flatulance:: One Big Bubble or Millions of Tiny Bubbles?

I think I've just solved all the world's energy problems at once. Blue whales are big. Really, really big. An animal that big must blow pretty big bubbles when it vents gas, or if not one big bubble, millions of tiny little bubbles. Too put it simply, just think of all the energy that must be released with a whale's fart.

--- I would say the image below demonstrates the difference in size between me and a whale but, not only is it a shoddy attempt at a drawing, the whale is also far too small. So its only real purpose is so that I can now call this a multimedia blog, as it incorporates both pictures and text. ---



All it takes is for someone to attach a giant balloon (an unwanted hot air balloon perhaps) to the front of a submarine and for said submersible to follow the whale around, literally catching their farts.

All this methane could then be brought back to England (because obviously we'd lead the world in whale fart exports. Why wouldn't we?) where it could be bottled off into smaller jars and sold to the home consumer.

Through a system of winches, pulleys, bellows, ping pong balls, valves, hoses, test tubes and small wasps the energy contained within could be passed to whatever appliance needed it (you'd literally be passing wind) be it kettle, oven, tumble dryer, car or even miniature novelty windmill (another great pun there!) and the methane could be burnt off safely, quickly and in an environmentally friendly manner.

Any day now I expect the world leaders, including Bono, to be a-rat-a-tattin on my door and asking for more details on my world saving idea.