Pot-Luck-Humor - Dog Poop Powers Light in Massachusetts Park

 

This is a great idea--why pay for lighting a dog walk/part, when they can generate their own power for their own lights.  Now... What to do about those bulbs that burn out so often...  Dog Poop Powers Light in Massachusetts Park By Kristen Seymour (Subscribe to Kristen Seymour's posts) Sep 17th 2010 @ 11:00AM Filed Under: Dogs, Pets News The Park Spark Project What does your dog do when you visit the dog park? Run, play, sniff? There's one other thing, based on our vast experience, that we're willing to bet they do during most visits to the park... But now, with the help of the Park Spark Project, launched by artist Matthew Mazzotta, a dog park in Cambridge, Mass. Has found an innovative (and very Eco-friendly) way to recycle the waste your dog leaves behind -- an on-site methane digester. The concept is simple. People put dog poop into an air-tight container and it begins to produce methane, an odorless, colorless gas that is a major part of the natural gas many of us use in our homes. The methane is then piped into a street lamp that continues to burn as long as park visitors and dog walkers dump the doo into the digester and turn the hand crank to stir the mixture. (We recommend you try not to picture that part in too much detail.)  The goal of this interactive project is to not only show how dog waste can be recycled into something practical, but to also spark ideas about other ways to use the heat and light created by the poop that had been filling up nearby trash cans. If you live in Cambridge, be sure to check out the park yourself and support the project. But you can get involved regardless of where you live. Check out the Park Spark Project on Facebook or click on the contact link on the Park Spark Project website to submit your ideas or ask for details on how to help your city to give the Park Spark Challenge a try! .

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