Sunday, October 2, 2011

We Have Been Looking for Fuel in All the Wrong Places!

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Ok, so here's the deal.  Solar cells, wind turbines, electricity all of these are considered to be efficient sources of fuel/energy.  Until now, we thought we had pretty much tapped into every source currently known to man.  Until a Japanese company names 'Toto' hit the scene.  Toto manufactures toilets.  I hope you can put two and two together at this point.

Basically they have designed a motorized tricycle equipped with a toilet seat instead of a traditional seat.  The idea is that the drive will basically poop into the toilet and that human feces will then be converted into fuel for the bike to run on.  I'm not exactly sure on what planet this would be a good idea, but someone has definitely put thought into this.  Enough thought that this is an actual working bike.

The bike will be taking a 600 miles trip across Japan which will take approximately a month (I'm guessing that is counting on a fairly regular #2 schedule).  I have two points of warning to make:
1- If you end up stuck in traffic behind this thing, do yourself a favor and change lanes.
2- Watch out for stuck toilet paper!

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