Nice work if you can get it - Poo Power
From Australia --
someone has been out in the sun for a little too long:
$45,000 grant to Poo Power!
Poo Power! is one of 63 successful recipients from Inspiring Australia�s �Unlocking Australia�s Potential� program. The $45,000 grant has been awarded to the Yarra Energy Foundation to turn dog poo from parks in the City of Yarra into renewable energy.
There is over 1350 tonnes of dog waste to be disposed of every day in Australia - nearly half a million tonnes per year. Using this un-tapped resource, Poo Power! will engage Australians in its science through utilizing an anaerobic digester to process dog waste into biogas that can serve as a local renewable energy source.
Within the City of Yarra there are approximately 6078 dogs that generate over 750 tonnes of waste every year - around 150 tonnes which ends up in urban parks. This waste can be diverted into a local an anaerobic digester to generate more than 3800 litres of biogas that can be used for heating, lighting or electricity.
Emphasis mine.
$45,000 AUD (about $46,895 USD) for 3,800 liters of methane? That's just under five cubic yards. $335 per cubic foot.
I want to know what they are smoking. So I can stay the hell away from it.
Nice to know that we do not have a monopoly on political stupidity.
Posted by DaveH at August 19, 2012 5:07 PM