近几年,我国的沼气应用,在毛主席“这要好好推广”的重要指示推动下,蓬勃开展,成绩显著。截止去年底,全国绝大部分省、市、自治区都办起了沼气。已建成一万个沼气池以上的有:四川、河南、江苏、湖南、湖北、河北、浙江、福建等省;超过十万个沼气池的有:四川、河南、江苏、湖南等省。四川沼气池已发展到三百三十多万个,约有一千万人口用上了沼气。据四川省估算,一九八○年全省实现沼气化后(共需建池一千七百万个),每年可产沼气约一百亿立方,相当于六十亿立方天然气 In recent years, the application of biogas in our country has been vigorously carried out under the guidance of Chairman Mao’s important directive “This should be properly promoted.” By the end of last year, most of the provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions throughout the country have run biogas. Over 10,000 biogas digesters have been built, including Sichuan, Henan, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Hebei, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces. Over 100,000 biogas digesters are located in Sichuan, Henan, Jiangsu and Hunan provinces. Sichuan digesters have grown to more than 3.3 million and about 10 million people have used biogas. According to estimates of Sichuan Province, in 1980, biogasification in the province (a total of 17 million need to be built) can produce about 10 billion cubic meters of biogas each year, equivalent to 6 billion cubic meters of natural gas