Bio-Gas Fuelling the Olympic Torch?

As I write these words, I am hearing from friends outside China about the Olympic Torch debacle – the torch getting received as if it were fuelled by human excrement. Here, within China itself, there is little news about it.

Will the protests lead to a new world of human rights, with China taking a lead? Let’s get real. Will human excrement become a component of a fuel worthy to fire the torch as a symbol of friendly competition and international cooperation? Perhaps, and in that area China could certainly lead the way.
China is playing a lead role in the area of bio-gas – processes by which we can turn our waste, animal waste and food waste into a high-end, useable commodity. The subject of using fecal matter as an energy source ranges from taboo in some societies to wide acceptance and utilization in others. In China, it fits into the latter category. Here’s what China’s National Development and Reform Commission has on the books for biogas.

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