Weird Energy Sources Debunked

5 June 2008 - 11:00am

One of the hosts of Mythbusters turns his eye on new ideas for energy sources, from grape juice to used tires.

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"On the Discovery Channel's MythBusters, Jamie Hyneman slays urban legends with the greatest of ease. Since he's also a weird-energy enthusiast (he once powered a small rocket with a salami), we asked him to help us separate the big ideas from the duds on the energy frontier."

ENERGY SOURCE: Dirty diapers
HOW IT WORKS: A British company turns poop and plastic from diapers into gas and oil.
BUSTED: JH: "Are you really going to be able to isolate diapers in such huge volumes that you're running your entire country off of gasoline powered by diapers? No."

Source: Mother Jones, June 5, 2008