Poo Power: VW Bug Runs On Methane Bio-Gas Or The Waste of 70 Homes

First Posted: 08/05/10 05:47 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:15 PM ET

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POO POWER! GENeco, a waste treatment company in Bristol, UK set out to prove that bio-gas could be a reliable alternative transportation fuel, so they imported special equipment to help process their waste and upgraded a VW Bug to run on methane.

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