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Kenya: Is [human] Waste Power the Future?
Think Africa Press ^ | June 21, 2012 | Rachuonyo Duncan

Posted on 06/29/2012 12:08:46 PM PDT by kevcol



With shortages of power and rising costs of fuels, Embu prison in Kenya has turned to human excrement to generate power.

Bio-gas now fuels three boilers in the prison kitchen, and firewood costs have been cut down by more than half. Many hope the innovative form of recycling and generating power could be applied in not only all prisons across the country but also in other institutions to significantly reduce energy bills. Waste not, want not

To generate power, human waste is put into a machine called the "digester" and bio-gas is produced by bacteria during a 30-day fermentation period. The gas, which consists mainly of methane, is then captured and burnt as fuel.

Once the bio-gas has been produced and stored in the collection chamber, the remaining slurry is pushed out through the outlet of the dry bend. There the remaining water is purified and the slurry is later released to the farm.

(Excerpt) Read more at thinkafricapress.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: humanwaste; kenya; recycling
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This would be cool in a vehicle. A turd powered F250 Super Doody.


41 posted on 06/29/2012 1:19:56 PM PDT by 762X51
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To: kevcol

So if Obama throws money at this - he can claim he created millions of SH!T Jobs


42 posted on 06/29/2012 1:28:59 PM PDT by PMAS (ABO 2012)
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To: kevcol

When I was a kid the local sewage disposal plant used sewer gas to run an engine that generated electricity.


43 posted on 06/29/2012 1:39:04 PM PDT by Retired Chemist
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To: kevcol
Fines for non-compliance and/or under weight containers. \s

Guess those with constipation will get a tax credit from the ∅ Poo Panel™ ?

Is this what they meant by a 'shovel-ready' project?

44 posted on 06/29/2012 2:47:44 PM PDT by QT3.14 (ZeroTax Death Panels = Shovel-ready projects?)
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To: PMAS
So if Obama throws money at this - he can claim he created millions of SH!T Jobs

Throws money like this?

Also, 2012 DNC stadium is ready for TOTUS (Turd of the United States)


45 posted on 06/29/2012 3:05:37 PM PDT by QT3.14 (Electile Dysfunction...inability to become aroused over any of the choices for president)
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To: righttackle44
The REAL current affairs issue is that Kenyan human waste holds the title of President of the United States of America.

P O T U S T O T U S (Turd of the United States)...fixed it fer you.

46 posted on 06/29/2012 3:10:15 PM PDT by QT3.14 (Electile Dysfunction...inability to become aroused over any of the choices for president)
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To: popdonnelly
And plenty of people there who know how to shovel it.

And plenty of people here. After all, Team ∅™ promised Shovel-ready jobs to stimulate the economy.

47 posted on 06/29/2012 3:15:28 PM PDT by QT3.14 (Electile Dysfunction...inability to become aroused over any of the choices for president)
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To: kevcol

Well - we already have a 6 foot Kenyan P.O.S. in the White House.


48 posted on 06/29/2012 3:17:09 PM PDT by Iron Munro (John Adams: 'Two ways to enslave a country. One is by the sword, the other is by debt')
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49 posted on 06/29/2012 3:22:41 PM PDT by Iron Munro (John Adams: 'Two ways to enslave a country. One is by the sword, the other is by debt')
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To: kevcol

Soylent Green is people. Poop is power. Right!!


50 posted on 06/29/2012 11:07:36 PM PDT by MasterGunner01 (11)
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To: bgill

Next from the Obamunist regime: “All your poop are belong to us.”


51 posted on 07/02/2012 1:12:27 PM PDT by Noumenon (“Be happy in your work!” - Colonel Saito: The Bridge on the River Kwai)
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