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Bio-Bug: Car run on human waste is launched
The Telegraph ^ | 8/6/2010 | Laura Roberts

Posted on 08/07/2010 9:03:21 AM PDT by freebilly

The Bio-Bug has been converted by a team of British engineers to be powered by biogas, which is produced from human waste at sewage works across the country. They believe the car is a viable alternative to electric vehicles.

Excrement flushed down the lavatories of just 70 homes is enough to power the car for 10,000 miles - the equivalent of one average motoring year.

This conversion technology has been used in the past but the Bio-Bug is Britain's first car to run on methane gas without its performance being reduced. It can power a conventional two litre VW Beetle convertible to 114mph.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biogas; co2; commoderlane; exlaxspecial; fillerup; gasngo; greens4constipation; methane; pantfullpower; poopercoupe; stinky500; whattaload
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To: freebilly

Gee, that seems a lot cleaner than that nasty old oil.


21 posted on 08/07/2010 10:03:20 AM PDT by jonathonandjennifer
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To: traumer

Was that a picture of re-fueling the car?


22 posted on 08/07/2010 10:06:28 AM PDT by CynicalBear
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To: freebilly

Finally an alternate fuel vehicle that the federal government is uniquely qualified to make practical.


23 posted on 08/07/2010 10:06:41 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: freebilly

Incert Obama in tank

Close nozzle

Drive


24 posted on 08/07/2010 10:07:38 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (.Go troops! " Vote out RINOS. They screw you EVERY time" Jim Robinson)
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To: freebilly

Bio-Bug?

I prefer the name “Dung Beetle”


25 posted on 08/07/2010 10:25:19 AM PDT by silverleaf (Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
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To: Lady Jag

26 posted on 08/07/2010 11:03:23 AM PDT by Daffynition (There is no other cheese.)
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To: silverleaf

Proposed ad slogans—

Chrysler Crapper—Finally A Car That Lives Up To Its Name...!
Swirl Around Town in a Chevy Flush...!
Nissan Relief—Go Brown...!
GM Bowel— Join the Movement...!


27 posted on 08/07/2010 11:32:16 AM PDT by freebilly (No wonder the left has a boner for Obama. There's CIALIS in soCIALISt....)
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To: freebilly

Refuel at Taco Bell.

28 posted on 08/07/2010 11:52:15 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: posterchild

70 homes worth of excrement can, so they are claiming, power one MicroMobile for one year.

Given we are discussing a “Green Tech” vehicle, the annual mileage is probably assumed to be 10,000 or less.

After all, how far can a Libtard drive in one year on their way to and from FiveBucks and their barrista job?


29 posted on 08/07/2010 12:15:31 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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To: freebilly
Pfft. The S@#%mobile has been a Canadian institution for 10 years.
30 posted on 08/07/2010 1:48:11 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: Lady Jag
Lol, in the midst of the world collapsing comes wondrous inventions.......maybe...!
31 posted on 08/07/2010 3:14:13 PM PDT by potlatch (<alt=)
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To: freebilly

Call me when they make one that runs on farts - that would be my ticket to financial freedom......


32 posted on 08/07/2010 6:55:55 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Nope. Not gonna do it.)
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To: Daffynition

Plus you must remember not to confuse the TurdMobile and the Poop Coupe with the old Spit Box.


33 posted on 08/07/2010 9:14:32 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Double your income... Fire the government)
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To: Lady Jag

oh, poo.


34 posted on 08/08/2010 8:03:08 PM PDT by bitt (John Bolton/LizCheney for 2012)
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