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Human waste powered incinerator / generator
I read this article about a North Carolina waste treatment facility looking into using human waste as a fuel for an incinerator / generator. However, it was dated 2010.
US to tap human waste for electricity | SBS World News Quote:
Quite interesting, I had no idea poo had that kind of energy density... So, I googled up the latest info on it and it seems like they're going ahead with things. At the very least the idea is still there. The article doesn't have a lot of new info unfortunately. 1.9 mW doesn't seem like a ton of power. I wonder how many homes the wastewater plant serves? Quote:
A small FAQ sheet can be found on the company's website here: http://www.wsacc.org/vertical/sites/...y_FLYER_V4.pdf The sheet states that the plant will be online in early 2013 which is just about anytime now.
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Warsaw's main sewage treatment plant is being upgraded and it is supposed to have an incinerator, though I don't know if it will generate power.
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Shows how inefficient our digestive track is
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I have heard that the figure is around 10% efficient.
That's true for plant photosynthesis. That true for herbivores. That's true for carnivores. I read a very interesting book that used this figure to explain how many square feet of land are required to support a plant. And thus how many square feet of land are required to support an herbivore (that feed on plants). And thus how many square feet of land are required to support a carnivore (that feed on herbivores). And thus how many square feet of land are required to support a human (that preys on carnivores). The land space requirement gets high pretty quickly. It's a real pyramid thing. -AC
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The inefficiency of digestive tract clearly explains this: RunningAHEAD - Topic: The dog ate WHAT????
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