By David DiBenedetto

I’ll admit it, I’m a pooper scooper. (And, yes, I realize I’m setting myself up for jokes here.) But I don’t have the niceties of a close wooded lot or huge backyard to let Pritch do her business. More often than not, if we’re not training, Pritchard is dropping bombs on the sidewalks of downtown Charleston, and I’m bagging them. Though recently she’s decided that a mid-road crossing isn’t a bad place to let fly…which has made for some interesting traffic backups. Though I’m usually applauded for my clean-up work. (Thankfully there have been no more sock incidents.)

So I read with interest recently about a dog owner who decided to convert dog waste into energy. Using the same methods applied in some cities overseas, this fellow installed a few big tanks at his local dog park and essentially began collecting methane gas. The gas is then funneled to another tank that powers the street lamp. Click here to watch a video of the system.

Granted we’re not talking about lighting a village here, but I applaud the effort. I guess you could say he’s doing more good than this woman, who allegedly tossed a pile of poop at a neighbor’s doorstep. Seems she thought the neighbor did a, um, crappy job of picking up after her dog. Frontier justice for you. And if it’s true, than props to the poop chucker.

Finally, there’s a condo in Baltimore where the co-op board is threatening to use canine DNA tests to find out which owner is letting their dog drop prizes in the hallways and elevators. Looks like a nice building…who in the hell would leave a turd on the carpet?

And that’s the latest from the Dung Daily. Have a good weekend, folks.

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from jersey pig wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

with three dogs i may be able to light up my house.....

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from coyute wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

I saw an article on the methane street lamp the other day. Very cool. Thanks for sharing the video link. :)

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from Cgull wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

Wow, great idea. Now I know what to do with all the do my dogs drop.

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from pinopolis wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

forgot about the sock incident. classic.

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from jamesti wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

as big as my dog poops, i could light up a few houses.

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from MPN wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

jamesti,
A whole village with mine haha

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from Bella wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

Methane generators are simple to make, the biggest energy resource in the country goes down the toilet. If we fully utilized the natural gas recovered from sewage, we likely would use much less fossil fuels and would also cut greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover 20,000 tiny independent biogas facilities would decentralize energy production and reduce logistics costs as well. But now biogas is just going to the dogs.

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from countitandone wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

DDiB ~ Letting go with land mines in the middle of Main Street? See, incontinence strikes us all ~ even Pritch.

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from Quackwacker wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

Dave,

I needed this little laugh this morning!

Quack

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from jamesti wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

as big as my dog poops, i could light up a few houses.

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from jersey pig wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

with three dogs i may be able to light up my house.....

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from coyute wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

I saw an article on the methane street lamp the other day. Very cool. Thanks for sharing the video link. :)

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from Cgull wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

Wow, great idea. Now I know what to do with all the do my dogs drop.

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from pinopolis wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

forgot about the sock incident. classic.

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from MPN wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

jamesti,
A whole village with mine haha

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from Bella wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

Methane generators are simple to make, the biggest energy resource in the country goes down the toilet. If we fully utilized the natural gas recovered from sewage, we likely would use much less fossil fuels and would also cut greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover 20,000 tiny independent biogas facilities would decentralize energy production and reduce logistics costs as well. But now biogas is just going to the dogs.

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from countitandone wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

DDiB ~ Letting go with land mines in the middle of Main Street? See, incontinence strikes us all ~ even Pritch.

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from Quackwacker wrote 1 year 34 weeks ago

Dave,

I needed this little laugh this morning!

Quack

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