This makes me happy

Sure, that headline leaves a lot to the imagination. Luckily, this little gem is *out there*. Unveiled this week in my (current) hometown of Cambridge, MA is a dog park that powers its own lights with a dog poop methane digestor. I am a dog owner. This means that twice a day I pull a plastic bag over my hand and pick up dog shit. It ain't pretty but it's all part of the game and people who don't do it should be publicly flogged and smeared with feces (too far?). Anyway, in this new park, you drop your bag of poop (provided it's in a biodegradable bag that they provide) into the the contraption and voila...burnable methane gas is created. Long term, they hope to generate enough power to light up other small things nearby. It won't keep your air conditioner running all summer long but it is a very cool alternative to bags of shit stacking up in your local garbage cans.