Sunday, December 4, 2011

DANG! THAT SURE IS A HUGE LOAD!

For a population of 1.8million poop generated could be converted into renewable energy, no? Just thinking out loud for Malaysia with a poopulation population of more than 28million.

Youtube courtesy of Mary Maguire

1 comment:

  1. Hi Mary & Zorro,

    Poop trucks of Dubai - http://www.boreme.com/posting.php?id=31361

    Poop Trucks of Dubai

    Tue, Nov 15, 2011 3:25 AM EST - Stupid Videos 2:01 | 835 views

    Yes, in Dubai there is no sewage system. Instead they have trucks to pick up the waste. Each of these trucks hold 10,000 gallons...

    Amazingly, Dubai doesn't have a sewage infrastructure to support its skyscrapers, including the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa.

    Drivers said they'd been queuing for three days!

    Unsurprising then, that "many dump their loads into storm drains that lead directly to the open sea."

    Tourists are warned of the risk of contracting serious illnesses like typhoid and hepatitis if swimming on Dubai beaches. Wikipedia on sanitation in Dubai.

    Had they been smarter...Guess what could have been done?

    Energy: From Poop To Power - Forbes.com - http://www.forbes.com/2006/05/11/energy-alternative-ceonet-cx_hc_0511-pooptopower.html

    That's the kind of alchemy Environmental Power performs. Based in New Hampshire, the 24-year-old firm generated $56 million in revenue last year, partly by turning poop into power.

    Transforming biological waste into fuels for the future is a nascent industry that has yet to be proven on a large scale.

    But so far, Environmental Power has built three small-scale digesters on Wisconsin farms, each of which provides electricity for 600 homes using the manure from about 1,000 cows.

    Each project is cash-flow positive, according to CEO Kamlesh Tejwani, though the company as a whole has yet to turn a profit.

    The firm is constructing eight more digesters, and 21 more are in the preconstruction stages. Most of its projects will be on larger farms with at least 5,000 cows.

    'PoopSat' Eyes Power in Human Waste : Discovery News - http://news.discovery.com/space/poop-satellite-energy-space.html

    Gas From Raw Sewage to Power Rockets : Discovery News - http://news.discovery.com/tech/poop-rocket-fuel.html

    You be the judge.

    Shalom.

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