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From Bristol Post: Poo powered bus takes to the streets of Bristol FORGET about black gold - one Bristol company has come up with a way of turning the brown stuff into fuel. Rather than drilling under the seabed for gas, or mining thousands of feet under the ground for coal, boffins have tapped into the unlikely source of energy. The firm has turned its back on more traditional forms of power, turning instead good, old-fashioned human poo. And to prove the point that they have the ability to turn human waste into energy the boffins at GENeco have even created a bus that runs solely on methane rather than diesel. The 40 seater Bio-Bus might be powered by the smelly stuff but the scientists at the firm say that technology behind it will actually improve air quality. And from this week the bus will be ferrying passengers from south Bristol to the airport. Read more: http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Poo-powered-bus-takes-streets-Bristol/story-24560685-detail/story.html#ixzz3JWqXgKrw |
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Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2014, 15:47:20 » |
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... the brown stuff ... the smelly stuff ...
To correct the Bristol Post, methane is actually colourless and odourless. However, don't let that mere fact spoil their journalist's story.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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chrisr_75
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« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2014, 15:54:21 » |
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... the brown stuff ... the smelly stuff ...
To correct the Bristol Post, methane is actually colourless and odourless. However, don't let that mere fact spoil their journalist's story. Removing the portion of the graphics covering the windows, thus allowing the visible top half of the real passengers inside to complete the picture would be mildly humorous! Also, given the exterior graphics, one does wonder what type of seat is available (porcelain with sparse padding perhaps?) and if the fuel system is actually self contained?!  |
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eightf48544
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« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2014, 16:13:51 » |
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I went round Slough Sewage works in the 1950s and they were using Methane to fuel engines to produce electricity to power the plant.
Nothing new under the sun!
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« Last Edit: November 19, 2014, 22:38:56 by eightf48544 »
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chrisr_75
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« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2014, 16:31:17 » |
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I went round Slough Sewage works in the 1950s and they were using Methane to fuel engines to produce electricity to power the palnt.
Nothing new under the sun!
Methane has also long been produced from landfill sites for the same purpose and produced gas is commonly used as a fuel source for electricity generation on offshore hydrocarbon platforms where methane (and it's other heavier organic gas friends) would ordinarily have been flared off as a by-product. |
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Western Pathfinder
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« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2014, 17:52:20 » |
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I wonder whether this bus runs on Bullsh1t ?.
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« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2014, 17:57:36 » |
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Well I'll be fracked!
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2014, 18:07:40 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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TonyK
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« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2014, 20:02:41 » |
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It won't be the first time, nor the second. Possibly the turd third. |
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Now, please!
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John R
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« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2014, 20:58:34 » |
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Will it be running on loocal services?
I don't think it will last though. It'll be a flash in the pan.
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JayMac
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« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2014, 21:35:00 » |
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If I only need to spend a penny to board it then I'll give it a go.
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"Good news for regular users of Euston Station in London! One day they will die. Then they won't have to go to Euston Station ever again." - David Mitchell
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The Tall Controller
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« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2014, 23:24:37 » |
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Will it run the No.2 route?
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« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2014, 07:34:31 » |
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As Dr Spooner may or may not have said...."the shining wit on this forum never fails to astound me "........
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lordgoata
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« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2014, 09:59:24 » |
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As Dr Spooner may or may not have said...."the shining wit on this forum never fails to astound me "........
Having read the complete thread this morning, am I the only one that went on to read that as "the whining shi....." ?  |
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« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2014, 11:59:59 » |
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Perhaps this could be the answer to the problem of many trains not having toilet retention tanks.
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