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The Power of Sewage

Posted by michael on from the flush-your-problems-away dept.

Eridanis writes ""The waste you flush down the toilet could one day power the lights in your home. So say researchers at Pennsylvania State University who last week revealed they have developed an electricity generator fuelled by sewage." Hey, it seems that EA will have to create a new building for Simcity!"

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  1. Reality check by Spamalamadingdong · · Score: 4, Insightful
    51 KW from 100,000 people = 0.51 W/capita.

    You're not going to run even one room light from this. You could use it to keep your cell phone and PDA charged, but you could probably do that just as well with generators in the soles of your shoes and gain mobility in the bargain.

    (Yeah, I know everyone's playing this for yucks. You can see me as a wet blanket or a straight man, your choice.)

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