Fuel from human waste 人類排泄物可轉化為燃料
Windpower: One form of renewable energy
風能:一種可再生能源
A new process which turns human excrement into valuable fuel has been developed by scientists in Thailand.
They have produced a reactor which transforms unwanted waste materials into high quality fuel.
Although the process is expensive, the scientists believe it will become more economically viable as natural oil supplies dwindle.
Within the next 100 years, the world's supply of fuels like oil and gas is expected to disappear altogether.
Scientists have spent decades trying to invent ways of trapping so-called renewable energy, such as sunlight or windpower, that will last forever.
泰國科學家開發出一種將人的排泄物轉化成高值燃料的新方法。
它們制造了一臺可將沒用的排泄物轉化成高能燃料的反應器。
雖然這種轉化很昂貴,科學家們相信隨著天然燃料供應的萎縮,這種燃料在經濟上會變得可行起來的。
在下個一百年內,世界上的石油和天然氣等燃料將會全部耗盡。
科學家們已花了幾十年的時間,試圖發明能夠收集象太陽能和風能等取之不盡的可再生能源的方法。