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Powered By Trash

by Pat Coate | November 13, 2009

A lamppost powered by trash seems like a strange idea but if you think about the ratio between city trash and energy needs – things start to make sense, kinda.

This lamppost composts trash and uses the methane byproduct as a fuel to power the lamps.

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