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Sewage powered VW Beetle hits the road in Bristol
A Volkswagen Beetle powered by gas from sewage has taken to the road for the first time in Britain.
By Ben Leach
Published: 11:16AM BST 05 Aug 2010
The Bio-Bug was launched on Thursday by Wessex Water, which is generating methane from human waste at a sewage treatment works near Bristol.
The company claims the prototype is able to cover 10,000 miles annually on the waste from 70 households....
The converted Beetle car that runs on methane gas Photo: SWNS
The seventy households needed can be reduced to 30 if the families regularly eat at Taco Bell. :innocent:
Sewage powered VW Beetle hits the road in Bristol
A Volkswagen Beetle powered by gas from sewage has taken to the road for the first time in Britain.
By Ben Leach
Published: 11:16AM BST 05 Aug 2010
The Bio-Bug was launched on Thursday by Wessex Water, which is generating methane from human waste at a sewage treatment works near Bristol.
The company claims the prototype is able to cover 10,000 miles annually on the waste from 70 households....
The converted Beetle car that runs on methane gas Photo: SWNS
The seventy households needed can be reduced to 30 if the families regularly eat at Taco Bell. :innocent: