Crap energy
CNN.com - Scientists extract gasoline from cattle dung - Mar 3, 2006
Forget nuclear energy, coal burning or pillaging the earth for oil. Crap (yes, feces) might very well be the way to go for future energy sources. Cow crap. Dog crap. Human crap. It makes sense. This is one renewable energy. Everyone produces it. Yes - even that pretty girl who says she doesn't. She does. So do animals. All we need to do is figure out how to best harness the methane from all of the animals that would be good producers, including us, and we're set! Okay... So I'm exaggerating a little. We're not going to be able to get rid of nuclear, coal, or oil energy anytime soon. That doesn't mean we can't look at this as a possible way to reduce a bit of the energy burden we impose on this earth. So what do you think? Would you want to heat your frying pan on the stove with energy from your crap?
posted by Sonya Buyting @ 11:17 PM
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At least we have found a reason to have overweight people in this world... however - I digress. According to Wired Magazine - prisoners in Rwanda have already discovered that they can turn their methane gas into ways to power their generators:
http://www.wired.com/news/planet/0,2782,68127,00.html
Human Feces Powers Rwandan Prison
"He added that prison overpopulation has created a situation where the facilities have significantly increased energy needs. The overcrowding also leads to large amounts of human waste that the prisons cannot adequately process."
Almost bordering on saying "We are turning lemons (genocide) into lemonade."
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