Yes, I questioned whether or not that was the best way to get your attention.  I could have said, “Power to Our Poop” and you still would have clicked much the way you did to read this juicy log (pun intended) of news.

Sure, we see new small ways that whether in labs or on larger scales, people are taking large environmental matters into their own hands.  So, power from poop?  

Well, yes.  And on a commercial, large-scale.  You may have heard that methane gas is a major contributor to global warming, and this is one argument made against eating meat (or so much meat) because the animals (I’m thinking cow pies) release methane gas along with their excrement.  Well, we humans’ business has a similar effect, if on a, er, smaller scale. 

And the city of San Antonio is taking advantage — to the tune of capturing that methane and selling it for a profit!  The methane gas, once processed can be used at power plants as, “natural gas.”  Natural — I’ll say so!  

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