Poop powered motorcycle

[Cherryman]

Hey guys see this!

A poop powered motorcycle, able to run indefinitely as long as the driver gets enough food ;-)

So why are our homes not powered by our toilets ??????

This Poop-Powered Toiletcycle Is Touring Japan

This Poop-Powered Toiletcycle Is Touring JapanYou're looking at the Toilet Bike Neo. It's the creation of Japan's commode-king TOTO and is just what it looks like—a toilet-motorcycle hybrid. That runs on human excrement. Wait, wha?

The Toilet Bike Neo will be conducting its roughly 500 mile trip from Kyushu to Tokyo powered entirely by the on-board biogas digester. Biogas systems use an anaerobic bacteria system to convert dead organic matter into a usable fuel primarily made of methane. This system obtains its fuel from the rider—directly from the rider, if you get what I mean. It runs on the rider's poop—he just sits there, unloads, and rides off (hopefully with a step involving pants at some point as well). The system is reportedly efficient enough that it could run indefinitely were the rider sufficiently well fed.

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This Poop-Powered Toiletcycle Is Touring Japan

[imiconcepts]

TOTO, the top commode manufacturer in Japan, just unveiled an insane poop-powered motorcycle topped with a toilet that will travel across the island nation to promote company's "Green Challenge" of reducing emissions 50% over the next five years. Dubbed the Toilet Bike Neo, the vehicle runs on biogas that is produced by an on-bike toilet, communicates in Japanese using LED lights, plays music, and TALKS. That’s right folks, poop and ride.

[Hannah10]

As bloggers and humor writers, we like to joke around a lot about the differences between American pop culture and the styles and fads of our friends in Japan. A few tentacle and panty jokes later, we’re all having a good laugh and we can go back to making fun of Germany’s love for David Hasselhoff. But today I am honestly jealous and in awe of Japan’s most significant and glorious contribution to society to date: Japan made a motorcycle that runs on poop.

Yesterday, in the city of Kitakyushu, the company TOTO – not to be confused with Cajun Boy’s favorite band – unveiled the Toilet Bike Neo, a motorcycle that has a toilet for an engine. And to prove that this was actually part of an incredible green initiative and not some sick joke, TOTO is sending a driver from Kyushu to Tokyo (over 600 miles) to spread green awareness throughout the country. This ride is a part of TOTO’s Toilet Bike Neo Project, which was created to reduce CO2 emissions in Japanese bathrooms by 50% over the next 5 years.

You can follow the voyage of the Toilet Bike Neo on TOTO’s blog (warning: totally in Japanese), and after the jump I have the inception and creation of this amazing leisure vehicle in pictures. All hail the poopcycle!

(Images via TOTO's website, Spoon & Tamago, and a samurai helmet tip to Oddity Central.)