Dog Poo Powers a Streetlight In Massachusetts Park
Good dog parents might think they're doing their part by using biodegradable baggies to pick up after their pooches. But after Fido's feces go in the trash can and to a landfill, they release methane gas, a significant contributor to the greenhouse effect. A dog park in Cambridge, Mass., has a solution: Add in a methane digester, and let your dog waste power the streetlights, tea cart and popcorn machine. The Park Spark methane digester, unveiled this week, only powers a streetlight for now - no poop-powered popcorn yet. But it's a neat concept: Replace trash cans with a public methane digester, and you demonstrate how simple it can be to turn waste into fuel. Related ArticlesCondo Board May Screen Resident Dogs' DNA to ID Wayward PooMoscow's Stray Dogs Evolving Greater Intelligence, Including a Mastery of the Subway Dogs Accepted at HarvardTagsScience, Rebecca Boyle, alternative energy, dogs, methane, methane gas, poo,...