Flush Your Toilet and Power Up

This could be the ultimate in 'Green Plumbing'.

Researchers at Penn State have found a way to produce a sustainable clean energy solution from one of the dirtiest sources available - untreated waste water. Yes that's right, one day the simple act of flushing your toilet could be powering anything from your dishwasher to your electric toothbrush.

Led by environmental engineer Bruce Logan, the researchers at Penn State have designed special microbial fuel cells that use bacteria that can turn any organic matter directly into electricity.

Pretty amazing, huh?

To read the rest of the story, see "Flushing Your Toilet Will Someday Power Your Home" by Justin Fritz, published in the Sep 23, 2011 edition of the Wall St. Daily.

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