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New Hyundai Vehicle Fueled By Poo

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This will be a great car for people that are full of it! :biglol:

Last fall, Tesla’s Elon Musk was calling hydrogen fuel cell technology for vehicles “bullsh*t.” He meant that as an insult, saying it’s a dangerous gas more suitable for rockets than for cars. But it’s almost literally true. In several weeks Hyundai will begin leasing a new Tucson Fuel Cell crossover vehicle that runs on hydrogen gas derived from excrement. Hat tip AutoblogGreen.

The complex process to convert waste from toilets and sinks in Southern California into hydrogen comes from scientists at UC Irvine’s National Fuel Cell Research Center, Bloomberg’s Alan Ohnsman reported. Essentially the solids are separated from water and fed to microbes that turn it into methane and CO2. Some methane gets filtered and piped into a special device, and then voilà: hydrogen gas...

http://news.discovery.com/autos/fuel-and-alternative-fuel-technologies/new-hyundai-vehicle-fueled-by-poo-140223.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1
 
And I thought I had a shitty job.....
 
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