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Human waste used to power homes

By T.K. Randall
October 6, 2010 · Comment icon 3 comments

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A new project by Centrica is aiming to turn ordinary human household waste in to renewable gas.
The process involves the sewage being broken down by bacteria and turned in to gas which can then be cleaned and piped back to people's homes. If the concept is successful then in the future a substantial percentage of gas supplies could come from recycled human waste.
A pilot project run by Centrica in a plant at Didcot sewage works, Oxfordshire, is the first in Britain to produce renewable gas from sewage for households to use. The waste is stored for 18 days and then turned into domestic gas which will supply about 200 homes with power.


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Comment icon #1 Posted by THE Dr Alien 14 years ago
those are some happy 200 families
Comment icon #2 Posted by marcos anthony toledo 14 years ago
A very good idea that the United States should take up and solve are so called waste problem and be a wecome addition to are energy requirements.
Comment icon #3 Posted by Ashtarel 14 years ago
People in the Old World used human waste for good, too. Europe wasn't stricly the living hell of uncontrolled sewage and stench you sometimes hear about. They would collect waste as it came down river and use it for fuel. The best shops were located farthest up river in order to collect the most. What they did BAD in the Old World was, they denuded the forests, and those in power restricted regular folks from being able to take care of themselves, and that was how they got filth, misery, and starvation. Then they sailed to the New World, said "Move over, we have arrived," to the Indians, and g... [More]


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