Sure you’ve heard of vegetable oil-powered cars, but what about a bus that runs on manure? Recently, the entirely cow manure-powered “Bus Hound” from UK-basedReading Buses broke the “bus land speed record” by zooming across the English countryside at over 80 mph. To be precise, the Bus Hound reached a lap speed of 76.785 mph (123.57km/h) at Bedford’s Millbrook Proving Ground, the speed later confirmed by the UK Timing Association.
This “magic manure,” however, is just simple science. The bus is able to run on compressed bio methane, a common gas produced by concentrating and purifying sewage and agricultural waste, which acts similarly to the natural gas that fuels propane tanks.
Sure you’ve heard of vegetable oil-powered cars, but what about a bus that runs on manure? Recently, the entirely cow manure-powered “Bus Hound” from UK-basedReading Buses broke the “bus land speed record” by zooming across the English countryside at over 80 mph. To be precise, the Bus Hound reached a lap speed of 76.785 mph (123.57km/h) at Bedford’s Millbrook Proving Ground, the speed later confirmed by the UK Timing Association.
This “magic manure,” however, is just simple science. The bus is able to run on compressed bio methane, a common gas produced by concentrating and purifying sewage and agricultural waste, which acts similarly to the natural gas that fuels propane tanks.
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