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Sciences > Molecular Biology How to harness the power in Biogas

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Large scale human powered Biogas production: A solution whose time has arrived

The average human body produces .696 kilograms of solid waste every day, that's 248 kilograms a year and 18,626 kilograms a lifetime (75). The city of Johannesburg in South Africa was home to 3,225,812 people in 2001, which would mean Joburgers on average produce over 2,245,165 kilograms of solid human waste every day. Waste being the operative word here because that's what we do with it, we waste what is potentially a huge amount of energy and add to global warming at the same time by doing so. To understan...

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