San Antonio Plans to Convert Human Waste to Energy

The City of San Antonio, Texas, has just struck a deal with a private energy services firm that will make it the first U.S. city to convert human waste into energy that can heat homes and fuel the power plants that provide electricity. Once the project is fully operational, more than 90 percent of the liquid and solid waste that San Antonio residents now flush and drain away will be recycled, and the city will earn a quarter million dollars per year in the process.