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WINCHESTER, Ind.—Like many of his neighbors, farmer Tony Goltstein has to deal with the aftermath of the dairy bubble.
But besides his mounting financial troubles, Mr. Goltstein also must contend with bubbles the size of small houses that have sprouted from the pool of manure at his Union Go Dairy Farm. Some are 20 feet tall, inflated with the gas released by 21 million gallons of decomposing cow manure.
But he has a plan. It requires a gas mask, a small boat and a Swiss Army knife.
The saga of Mr. Goltstein's bubbles, which are big enough to be seen in satellite photos, began about seven years ago and traces the recent boom and bust of U.S. dairy farmers.
Manure Raises a New Stink
Giant gas bubbles in a waste pond at a financially troubled Indiana dairy farm, some 20 feet tall and big enough to be seen in satellite photos, are frightening neighbors.
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but you gotta know, 20 feet tall bubble of methane WILL trigger a mega explosion and might probably incinerate other methane bubbles around it, causing a poo-nuke! Then you got the stuff flying everywhere 
