Via Reuters:
San Antonio unveiled a deal on Tuesday that will make it the first U.S. city to harvest methane gas from human waste on a commercial scale and turn it into clean-burning fuel.
Yep, you heard that right! The methane gas from San Antonio's "biosolids" (in other words, the poo) will be converted into natural gas for burning in the city's power plants.
With this step, over 90% of the waste that gets flushed, quite literally, down the toilets and sinks of the city will get to be recycled. Liquids are currently in use for irrigation, while many solids are composted. Add in the methane gas power generation, and they've got themselves a poo-powered city!
Wouldn't it be neat to live in a world like in Futurama where everything is recycled?
Leela: We recycle everything. Robots are made out of old beer cans.
Bender: Yeah, and this beer can is made out of old robots.
Leela: And that sandwich you're eating is made out of old, discarded sandwiches. Nothing just gets thrown away.
Fry: The future is disgusting!
September 11th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
It's about time someone figured out what to do with all of the shit floating around. Good story,Stefanie,as usual.
September 12th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Joanne said:
Lol. Shit floating around... made me giggle.