Oslo's Methane-Powered Buses

Posted by Queuebot in Car & Vehicle on February 5, 2009 at 9:20 am


Here in pittsburgh we’ve had buses that run on natural gas for a while now …. BUT these ones out in Oslo run on a different type of ‘Natural Gas’, the taco-bell type … Kinda gross but really cool way to power a vehicle, like in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.

It is available for free in huge quantities, is not owned by Saudi Arabia and it contributes minimally towards climate change. The latest green fuel might seem like the dream answer to climate crisis, but until recently raw sewage has been seen as a waste disposal problem rather than a power source. Now Norway’s capital city is proving that its citizens can contribute to the city’s green credentials without even realising it.

Link – via guardian

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11 comments to "Oslo's Methane-Powered Buses"

  1. Jim Menard
    February 5th, 2009 at 9:47 am

    Pedant alert: "Buss" means kiss. The plural of "bus" is "buses".

  2. reiegam
    February 5th, 2009 at 9:52 am

    I'm not letting anyone give me a Methane-powered buss.

  3. Dale
    February 5th, 2009 at 11:11 am

    Methane-powered busses = taco-flavored kisses?

  4. Alex
    February 5th, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    Corrected - we have to excuse Queuebot, he doesn't know how to fix spelling errors :)

  5. Andrewalaska
    February 5th, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    Natural gas is methane, which is orderless.

  6. Scooter
    February 5th, 2009 at 2:32 pm

    I've been saying this for years now. Take all that Poo and put it's decomposition to good use, it's giving off these gasses anyway.

  7. Idil
    February 5th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    What? Methane is terrible for the environment... it's got a very high global warming potential...

  8. d
    February 6th, 2009 at 5:56 am

    The Norwegian word for "bus" is actually "buss".

  9. ginntonique
    February 6th, 2009 at 9:06 am

    I thought methane's main greenhouse effect was due to it hanging around in the atmosphere, rather than burning it. Although it releases CO2, a lot of this can be controlled through carbon capture.

  10. nisse
    February 7th, 2009 at 8:00 am

    i drive a methane car every day to work! in stockholm sweden there is a handfull of "biogas" stations to get methane gas localy produced, all our city busses are switching to biogas (produced from raw sewage) co2 neutral, better to use it than let it go to waste!

    All the big car manufacturer are making methangas car now, god to the local economy and the nature.

  11. ted
    February 7th, 2009 at 11:42 am

    Do they hook you into it as you ride?

    Sort of "Pay as you go"?


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