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London Museum to Convert Visitors’ Waste into Light

July 25, 2004

London, England - A London museum plans to use the excrement of its visitors to provide energy and so reduce its electricity bills, its director has announced.

The Science Museum in central London hopes that with nearly three million visitors a year, their deposits will be enough to produce 1530 kilowatts of power per hour - enough to light up 15 000 electric light bulbs a year.

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