Extra 4: The Most Renewable Energy of All

Tell Me Something I Don't Know by Stephen J. Dubner and Stitcher

Sep 4, 201700:20:38Society & Culture

Some of our most important inventions safely remove human waste. But what if we could use that waste to generate electricity?

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