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Feeling pooped? Catch the number two bus.

Bristol airport in the UK has started a four-week trial of a bus that runs on bio-methane, generated by sewerage treatment.


So yep, it runs on poo (and processed food waste, but there's nothing funny about that).

The 40-seat airport transfer service has a range of 300km on a single tank of the (endlessly) renewable fuel.

Bio-methane has cleaner emissions than diesel and also reduces the reliance of fossil fuels.

The bus is expected to carry 10,000 passengers a year on the service from Bath to Bristol airport in southern England.

GENeco, the company behind the bio-methane generation, also operates a Volkswagen Beetle that uses the technology.

There is no word yet on what the exhaust gasses smell like, or if the quieter ones are worse.

And yes, I thought long and hard about that headline - come up with a better one and win a CarAdvice prize pack!

James Ward

With over 20 years of experience in digital publishing, James Ward has worked within the automotive landscape since 2007 and brings experience from the publishing, manufacturer and lifestyle side of the industry together to spearhead Drive's multi-media content direction.

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