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These British students are making electricity every time they pee — mashable.com

LONDON — Students at a British university are creating urine-tricity. A prototype toilet, which uses microbial fuel stacks, has recently been installed at the University of the West of England in Bristol. Cleverly located outside the student bar, it generates electricity as microbes feed on urine for their growth. Students are being asked to donate their pee. "This technology is about as green as it gets, as we do not need to utilise fossil fuels and we are effectively using a waste product that will be in plentiful supply,” Professor Ioannis Ieropoulos, director of the Bristol BioEnergy Centre said.

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It actually is for a very good reason as the guy from Oxfam explains in the article

9 years ago

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