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The creators of Australia's first "poo-powered" car say they hope the technology will inspire
others to look at new ways of using renewable energy.



The Mitsubishi i-MiEV at the Queensland Urban Utilities (QUU) treatment plant in Oxley, south west of Brisbane, is powered
solely by electricity generated from human waste gas.

With the plant capturing waste from about 300,000 Brisbane residents, power is generated when biogas from the sewage is fed
into a cogeneration unit - a giant engine that creates electricity.

The car was unveiled on Tuesday, accompanied by an enthusiastic Top Gear-inspired mascot named The Stink,
whose uniform was adorned with a large smiling poop emoji.



QUU spokesman Justin Poulus said the company was investigating how to purify the gas so it could be a standalone product.

"When we extract the gas off the human waste it's about 60 per cent pure. To use it in a gas-fired car it needs to be about
98 per cent pure," he said.

"We are, like others, looking around the world for the technology that will clean or scrub that gas to 98 per cent and then
we've got a second energy option."


QUU spokeswoman Michelle Cull said there were zero gas emissions from the energy process, which was currently
saving the company about $2 million each year in operating costs.
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