Apparently scientists have developed a way to use human waste to generate electricity:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/26/1082831478217.html
I can just hear it now......
"Honey, did you just fart ?"
"No dear, I just turned the radio on."
Posted by dr at April 26, 2004 10:50 PM | TrackBackYeah, but just think...if it worked, we could tell the Middle East to go to hell and there would never be another energy crisis.
Posted by: Burnt Fuse at April 26, 2004 11:14 PMDang it! That link was gone by the time I got to it. (I'm so behind in my blog-reading...) I wanted to read it because I work at an engineering firm that does a lot of work with both landfills and wastewater reclamation-- hoo, what I don't know about leachate and poop! Ick.
Posted by: Lorena at April 28, 2004 03:33 PMthe link is still there -- see?
now get a device that does this installed in the whitehouse and we could power the whole fucking country. drop an extra at the senate so we have a backup system!