Dog poo used as a fuel to power park lighting
There's now yet another good reason for dog owners to clean up after their pets -- their waste can be used to create energy.
A dog park in Massachusetts has revealed an ingenious system which uses dog poo to create energy to power a streetlamp.
Dog owners simply clear up after their dog and dump the waste into a steel oil tank on the edge of the park in a bio-degradable bag.
The then spin a wheel to 'stir things up' and generate burnable methane from the bacteria, which is then fed to gaslight street lamp above.
Oddly the idea did not come from an engineer but from artist Matthew Mazzott… though we dread to think what Tracey Emin would have suggested do with the poo.
A dog park in Massachusetts has revealed an ingenious system which uses dog poo to create energy to power a streetlamp.
Dog owners simply clear up after their dog and dump the waste into a steel oil tank on the edge of the park in a bio-degradable bag.
The then spin a wheel to 'stir things up' and generate burnable methane from the bacteria, which is then fed to gaslight street lamp above.
Oddly the idea did not come from an engineer but from artist Matthew Mazzott… though we dread to think what Tracey Emin would have suggested do with the poo.