Thursday, August 30, 2012

Japan toilet maker unveils 'poop-powered' motorbike


Japan's best-known toilet maker on Wednesday unveiled a "poop-powered" motorcycle that can travel as far as 180 miles on a tank filled with animal waste.

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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.

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But as a young female model climbed aboard for a test drive Wednesday, toilet giant TOTO was quick to point out that she would not supply the "gas."

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"The biogas it uses as fuel is not made from human waste. It's made from livestock waste and sewage," Kenji Fujita, a company spokesman, told reporters in a Tokyo suburb.

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"We hope to raise awareness among customers about our green campaign through development of environmentally-friendly products such as water-saving showerheads and water-saving toilets," Fujita added.

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The company ? which makes toilets equipped with an array of features including heated seats, water jets with pressure and temperature controls, and ambient background music ? has no plans to commercialize the motorcycle.

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Source: http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transportation/stories/japan-toilet-maker-unveils-poop-powered-motorbike

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