{"id":1136,"date":"2005-05-03T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-03T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/05\/03\/you-guessed-it-more-poop-to-power\/"},"modified":"2005-05-03T21:32:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-03T21:32:00","slug":"you-guessed-it-more-poop-to-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/you-guessed-it-more-poop-to-power\/","title":{"rendered":"You Guessed It!: More Poop to Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think we may be onto a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meme\">meme<\/a> here, folks &#8212; just remember you saw it first at sustainablog. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spinneyhead.co.uk\/EcoHouse\/2005\/05\/elephant-poop.php\">Spinneyhead<\/a> has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/nation\/articles\/2005\/05\/03\/animal_waste_studied_as_energy_source\/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News\">news from Boston.com <\/a>about how the Rosamund Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, NY, &#8220;is looking to become the first zoo in the nation to be powered by its own animal waste &#8212; particularly the prodigious piles produced by its pachyderms&#8230;&#8221; (You know I simply can&#8217;t resist clever alliteration!):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The zoo &#8212; world prominent for its Asian elephant breeding program &#8212; is studying how feasible it would be to switch to animal waste as an alternative energy source to reduce its $400,000 annual heating and electricity bill.<\/p>\n<p>The zoo&#8217;s six elephants produce more than 1,000 pounds of dung per day, said Zoo Director Anne Baker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Zoos are about conservation and stemming the loss of animals and<br \/>habitat,&#8221; Baker said. &#8220;But conservation also is about how people use natural resources. This is an opportunity to give visitors the whole picture.&#8221; The zoo sends most of its animal waste to a local farm, where it is composted. The zoo spends about $10,000 a year on animal-waste disposal, but Baker noted it also requires the use of additional fossil fuels for transportation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This would be just such a good idea on so many levels,&#8221; she<br \/>said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A good idea, indeed! More poop to power, more power to poop&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Technorati tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/poop\" rel=\"tag\">poop<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/energy\" rel=\"tag\">energy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/zoo\" rel=\"tag\">zoo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=24330&amp;u=127533&amp;m=5868&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=\">The Green Guide. Subscribe now. Get free gift issue.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think we may be onto a meme here, folks &#8212; just remember you saw it first at sustainablog. 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