Posted on 11/21/2014 3:36:33 PM PST by Steelfish
0 November 2014 UK's First 'Poo Bus' Goes Into Service Between Bristol and Bath Bio-Bus The 40-seat "Bio-Bus" runs on biomethane gas generated through the treatment of sewage and food waste. The UK's first bus powered entirely by human and food waste has gone into service between Bristol and Bath.
The eco-friendly vehicle can travel up to 300km (186 miles) on one tank of gas, which takes the annual waste of about five people to produce.
It is run by tour operator Bath Bus Company and will shuttle people between Bristol Airport and Bath city centre.
The biomethane gas is generated at Bristol sewage treatment works in Avonmouth, which is run by GENeco, a subsidiary of Wessex Water.
GENeco general manager Mohammed Saddiq said: "Gas-powered vehicles have an important role to play in improving air quality in UK cities but the Bio-Bus goes further than that and is actually powered by people living in the local area, including quite possibly those on the bus itself."
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
I feel sorry for the people who get behind that bus...
Bath was really nice except for the Morris dancers. (;>
I remember reading about Japan recycling stuff like this. It must have been 30 to 40 years ago.
Wasn’t it formerly the Dave Matthews Band tour bus?
PDS trolls.
That would make sense.
Don’t see any numbers in the article. Why not??
Oh no! A fart engine? OK, in Formosa they used 55 Gallon drums to collect body waste and turned it into cooking gas for their stoves. The pipe ran from the drum to the stove. Yes, mankind can find use for $#!t other than for rice patty and vegetable gardening.
I guess the seats on this bus are all like those in a 40 seat outhouse. Get on the bus and do do your morning business!
Once they refine [sic] the conversion technology, the drivers won’t have to leave the wheel ....
Poo poo choo choo
Look at it this way, senior citizens will either get a job out of this otpr free rides anytime they need them...: )
Look at it this way, senior citizens will either get a job out of this or free rides anytime they need them...: )
“The ride was okay, except the seats were uncomfortable. I wish I had eaten more roughage beforehand. At least when we arrived, we got to Bath.”
I learned in Japan in the mid-60’s: don’t get stuck in traffic behind a benjo truck in midsummer. This situation is exacerbated by being stuck behind the truck and in the midst of a chicken farm. The stench is unworldly.
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