How is your home heated? What if you found out that the heating was powered by poo?
In the UK this is exactly what is happening.
A sewage treatment plant near Birmingham in England, has become the first plant in the UK to use poo to heat the homes of the cities’ residents.
Experts at the sewage plant have discovered an innovative way to treat waste and turn it into a useful energy.
To do this, the sewage plant uses big “digesters” that actually work a bit like a cow’s stomach to break down the waste.
The waste is then heated and certain chemicals are added to make a gas called methane, which can then be used to power homes.
It is hoped that if this new style of powering heating is successful, that more sewage plants across the UK will follow suit.
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cool!!!!
Its a good concept but will it help in the long run.
Oh yuck!!!!
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Its kinda gross but you wouldn’t really notice it. Methane is an odorless, colorless flammable gas. It is used primarily as fuel to make heat and light. It is also used to manufacture organic chemicals. Methane can be formed by the decay of natural materials and is common in landfills, marshes, septic systems and sewers.
Thanks to
Chemical Fact Sheets–Methane
http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/eh/chemfs/fs/Methane.htm
for this information
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wont their house stink
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ewwww
yuck, gross,
wow never thought that would happen
what is happening!
I wonder if I will ever smell that good
Ewww. That would smell very bad!
the meanest thing ever
omg
Awesome, I’ll Go Buy A Lifetime Supply Of Burritos!
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