Just when you thought there weren’t enough uses for your poopie other than occasionally making you laugh and feel relief (even though we told you about the San Antonio incident, the healing powers of cow dung and tiger waste as a conservation method), the Brits prove you wrong.
This winter, 200 homes in Didcot, England are heating their homes and cooking with their own waste from a local sewage plant (view diagram here). You are probably grossed out beyond belief, but for the record, it doesn’t smell, and apparently, you can’t even tell the difference.
One mother of two kids, who uses what they’re calling biogas, said, “I told my children about it, and at first they wrinkled their noses, but then they thought it was a great idea…. It’s made from something we all produce, and it’s renewable. We’re struggling to find sources of energy, so we should use whatever we can. I’m definitely a supporter of this.”
Martin Orrill, head of energy, technology and innovation at British Gas, said the UK has the “best gas grid in the world,” so this town was just perfect for testing the technology. According to an EU directive, the country has to use 15 percent renewable energy by 2020, so their hope is that this trial will spread across the country like one big, fat … brilliant plan.
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