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Chucaro
30th August 2012, 09:18 PM
Japan's best-known toilet maker has put a "poop-powered" motorbike on display at its showroom, saying it can drive 300 kilometres on a full load of gas made from animal waste. (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-30/toilet-maker-showcases-27poop-powered27-motorbike/4234008)

Billed as the world's first waste-powered vehicle, the three-wheeler has a toilet in place of a regular seat and huge paper roll at the back.

But manufacturer TOTO was quick to point out that the vehicle's driver would not supply the "gas".:(

"The biogas it uses as fuel is not made from human waste. It's made from livestock waste and sewage," company spokesman Kenji Fujita said.:(
Some one will look into that :D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/08/51.jpg

bob10
31st August 2012, 05:56 AM
Rumour has it Dick Smith is building something similar, to be powered by the bull**** coming from Canberra. Bob

MR LR
31st August 2012, 08:26 AM
That ideas not new, saw this on Beyond Tomorrow 5-10 years ago. It's a Swedish company that extracts the Methane from cow **** and basically uses it in a gas injection internal combustion engine IIRC

Link: Biogas ยป Tekniska Verken (http://www.svenskbiogas.se/) (run it through google translate)
Cheers
Will

Tombie
31st August 2012, 02:03 PM
Perfect fuel source for Italian motorcycles :wasntme: