poo power Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 01 Jun 2015 11:44:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Bus Powered By Cow Poop Breaks Speed Records https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bus-cow-poop-speed-record/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bus-cow-poop-speed-record/#respond Mon, 01 Jun 2015 11:44:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55081 British bus, running on cow poop, reached the incredible speed of almost 77 m/h (123.6km/h) during tests, bypassing its oil counterparts. The incredible green vehicle belongs to the company Reading Buses, and has the iconic name “Bus Hound“, which comes from that of the super fast car- Bloodhound). It managed to set a new record during […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bus-cow-poop-speed-record/feed/ 0 55081 Bio-Bus, UK’s First Poo-Powered Transport Service https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bio-bus-uks-first-poo-powered-transport-service-20141121/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bio-bus-uks-first-poo-powered-transport-service-20141121/#respond Fri, 21 Nov 2014 09:54:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=50295 The first ever bus powered by human poo is about to start transporting passengers on a route to one of the airports in the UK. The revolutionary green vehicle runs on sewage and food waste, emits much less greenhouse gases and brings a whole new type of bathroom relief to the green-loving local community.   The miracle […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bio-bus-uks-first-poo-powered-transport-service-20141121/feed/ 0 50295 California Egg Farm Installs Chicken Poo-Powered Fuel Cell https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chicken-poo-powered-fuel-cell-20100819/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chicken-poo-powered-fuel-cell-20100819/#respond Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:04:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=9317 FuelCell Energy, one of the companies promoting alternative energy sources, announced the sale of a chicken poo-powered fuel cell to an egg farm in California. The 1.4-megawatt fuel cell system will produce enough energy to supply the farm's operations.

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