Firm develops jet fuel made entirely from human poo

[bookofjoe]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-67771640

[CSSer]

> To fly a passenger jet from London to New York would need the annual sewage of 10,000 people. And another 10,000 to come back.

So no magic bullet, but a contribution to sustainability. Fair enough. They go on to talk about a demonstration facility. I wonder if purity of the source would be a problem. Sure, we've got a lot of human excrement but it's mixed in with everything else in our sewers.

[nine_zeros → CSSer]

Sewage treatment plants collect way way more than that per hour.

[NikkiA → nine_zeros]

Not unless your city has a catchment area population of about 87.6 million they don't.

[abdulhaq]

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We are running out of fuel and may not reach the nearest airfield. If any of you now feel like crapping yourselves, please do so at your earliest convenience.

[surfingdino]

So, instead of paying to use the toilet on a Ryanair flight I will be paid to use it?

[phoe-krk → surfingdino]

No, you will still pay for it, because you'll have no other choice but to pay for it. Ryanair will simply take the profits.

[gumballindie → phoe-krk]

And they will convert seats into toilettes. Still no legroom.

[AtlasBarfed]

Why not pig or cow droppings? Those are way more industrially available?

[8jef → AtlasBarfed]

Because those are actually used as fertilizer for crops.

[aniijbod]

"the captain would like to take this opportunity to remind passengers wishing to earn additional air miles that..."

[euroderf → aniijbod]

OT, but an old joke:

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are now flying over Secausus. If you wish to flush, please do so now."