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03/13/2004: Technologica Technologica

Plugging into the power of sewage
from New Scientist

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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.

Even better, the device breaks down the harmful organic matter as it generates the electricity, so it does the job of a sewage-treatment plant at the same time. Penn State's microbial fuel cell (MFC) harnesses chemical techniques similar to those the body uses to break down food - but diverts the electrons liberated in the reactions to produce electrical energy.


Saturday the 13th of March, prof noted:


now if we could only convert this website in to money, we'd really have something


Monday the 15th of March, santo26 noted:


poo- the engine which drives the economy? sounds like the answer to all of our energy sources!