| It seems as though every person, town, state, city | | | | using human waste for things such as fertilizer has |
| and country is looking into green energy resources. | | | | been going on for centuries. In the case of using |
| From building green homes that are energy efficient | | | | biogas for energy, the waste is broken down and |
| and cost less to heat, to using alternative energy | | | | then heated up. Here are a few different uses for |
| methods to provide whole towns with electricity, the | | | | biogases aside from using it as residential and |
| green energy trend is here to stay. One town is | | | | commercial energy: |
| going above and beyond what other towns are | | | | · Biogas can be used as automobile fuel. It is |
| currently doing and are building a biogas plant. | | | | currently estimated that there is a potential for at |
| San Jose, California seems to be paving the way and | | | | least 17% of cars in the United Kingdom to be fueled |
| setting a good example of how a whole city can | | | | by biogas. At this time however, biogas is not an |
| become more energy conscious. The biogas plant | | | | approved automobile fuel in the United States. |
| that is currently in the works will sit on a 40 acre plot | | | | · It is perfectly safe to use as a cooking fuel and |
| of land which is conveniently located next to a landfill. | | | | can be used to power major types of heating |
| What is striking about this situation is what biogas | | | | appliances. |
| actually is and how it's made. | | | | Along with biogas, the city of San Jose is enacting |
| Biogas is formed when human waste that is broken | | | | other green laws and changing building codes to |
| down biologically and without oxygen. That's right; | | | | make the area a cleaner and more energy efficient |
| biogas is made from human waste. While this may | | | | area. Biogas is a current niche in the green energy |
| literally sound like a dirty business, the practice of | | | | field. |