Human waste-powered Beetle

[mikeyb]

A VW Beetle, dubbed the Bio-Bug, has been converted to run on methane gas produced by human excrement.

The prototype was created by GENeco, a Bristol firm specialising in sustainability and organic waste.

The car can travel for 10,000 miles one average motoring year using an amount of excrement equivalent to that produced by 70 homes over a one year period. Its economy is 5.3 miles per cubic metre of biogas and it can reach a top speed of 114 mph.

The car is started with regular petrol, then automatically switches to methane once the engine has warmed up. Mohammed Sadiq of GENeco said: "If you were to drive the car you wouldnt know it was powered by biogas as it performs just like any conventional car."

The gas used for the Bio-Bug came from the Wessex Water plant in Avonmouth and is generated through anaerobic digestion, which uses bacteria to process organic matter.

Before the gas can be used to power the car, the CO2 is removed to improve performance.

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[Wagonbacker9]

getting stuck behind this thing on the freeway must be as bad as getting stuck behind a garbage truck.

lol

 

[prof15]

Nice!! Bio Diesel have been around for a years in Europe but I did not know they were using household waste.

 

[prof15]

getting stuck behind this thing on the freeway must be as bad as getting stuck behind a garbage truck.

lol

haha...do you think the gas will still smell like waste?

 

[Wagonbacker9]

no, once combusted it would be reduced to CO2 and water.

 

[Akaveli]

wicked..

 

[jred321]

hey look now it's powered by what it looks like

 

[Olestra]

Please excuse me while I take a dump in my gas tank.

 

[coolmazda5]

That car is the sh!tz!

I've told that the spicier your roomates eat, the better the boost it gets (2-3+ hp easily)

 

[Kain]

"We're low on gas and not a station for miles."

"That's OK, there's a Taco Bell up ahead."

 

[aMaff]

Hey look, a Dung Beetle!

 

[mikeyb]

I posted this article up on fb and one of my friends posted this. "this thing is great!! finally a reward for drinking all night and eating Taco bell at 2am..."

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

Wonder if they'll cut the middleman out and install a toilet in the drivers seat.

 

[mikeyb]

Wonder if they'll cut the middleman out and install a toilet in the drivers seat.

lol...thoughts of Hamster's Land Rover RV comes to mind.

 

[aMaff]

Wonder if they'll cut the middleman out and install a toilet in the drivers seat.

Hmmm... and just go by a Taco Bell Express. Because honestly at that point the only way to make it any more express is to go through the drive through, order a burrito then toss it directly into the toilet lol

 

[Hughes412]

Hey look, a Dung Beetle!

lol(hand)

 

[genericuser]

at least they started with a crappy car.



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