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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Toilet Motorbike Fueled by Feces
2011-10-07
Toilet Bike Neo converts the poop - which can come straight from the driver sitting on a toilet-style seat - into a biogas that propels the vehicle. It's a part of the company's TOTO Green Challenge, whose goal is to cut CO2 emissions in bathrooms in half by 2007.
That's what the article said - four years ago. Proof-reading at its finest.
A sleeker faster than the speed of time carbon footprint isn't the bike's only virtue. It can play music, and harness residual light imagery to write messages in the air as it passes by, according to a TreeHugger.com report. The toilet also talks, which is an existing function on TOTO products
I'm thinking about using the 'facility' on the road, which would be convenient, but wonder where the toilet paper dispenser is located. And how do I ...clean up. Maybe there's a warm-water bidet function? Can used toilet paper be converted into fuel? Or am I goning to have to shovel the fuel into the bike? And where is the elephant poop-catching pic?
Posted by:Bobby

#14  ..hmmmm...mandatory use by all EPA personnel.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-10-07 22:40  

#13  Wow...an actual shitbox.
Posted by: tu3031   2011-10-07 18:25  

#12  Mechanic: So, whats the problem.

Treehuggercom: Engine is sputtering.

Mechanic: Here, try the bran flakes.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2011-10-07 16:26  

#11  The music only plays if you had eaten beans.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2011-10-07 16:07  

#10  You've got to be $h|tt|ng me.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2011-10-07 12:26  

#9  What a crappy motorbike.
Posted by: DarthVader   2011-10-07 12:10  

#8  Perfect for Obama, fuel is provuded free as he talks.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2011-10-07 11:04  

#7  Toto has an excellent line of Washlet products that could easily be adapted for hands-free sanitation while driving.

My question is whether they will brand this product as the Obama line. Or perhaps BO.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2011-10-07 10:38  

#6  Better than most Viz magazines power options...

Link not safe for sane humans
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2011-10-07 09:42  

#5  Putt-putt-putt.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-10-07 09:19  

#4  Prolly has s*itty performance...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2011-10-07 08:57  

#3  Interesting idea. I wouldn't want to follow one. Those using grease from restaurants smell like french fries. Oops!, have we kissed and made up with the French?. In Vietnam they use a load of coal and can travel 200 miles. Low speed however.
Posted by: Dale   2011-10-07 08:10  

#2  goning=going.

Firefox (at home) spell checks for me.

Explorer (work) can't even do the formatting correctly. It stuffs all the format stuff at the beginning of the article, then shuts it off.

Work. I guess I better get to it.
Posted by: Bobby   2011-10-07 07:52  

#1  Wonder how much 'fuel' it will need for the trip.
What's the measure of consumption per distance traveled?
Posted by: Skidmark   2011-10-07 07:28  

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