Really. It is!
In a dog park in Cambridge, Massachusetts, an MIT grad has built a methane digester that converts the dog poop into energy - burnable methane gas.
He had the idea after visiting India (where they use digesters frequently) and got a $4000 grant from MIT to build it. Now, so long as pet owners pick up the poop - like they are supposed to - drop it in the digester, and give the handle a turn, the methane flame will burn perpetually.
So it reduces waste, keeps the park clean, and provides energy.
For now, the flame simply provides light, but ideas are being collected to use the energy in other ways. Suggestions so far range from a Shadow Box to a popcorn stand to a tea house.
Something to be proud of, Cambridge!
My only question is, can you run one of these on Shinola?
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