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Museum to pay bills with the toilet
July 16, 2004

BRITAIN'S Science Museum says it is considering a radical way of paying its hefty energy bills - using visitors' excrement.

The London museum said it was considering taking the waste from its 14 toilet blocks and converting it into electricity.

"With free admission it would be a great way for visitors to give something back to the museum and help keep the overheads down," museum's head Jon Tucker said.

"We have almost three million visitors each year and have huge electricity bills."

The excrement from 100,000 visitors could produce enough power for 500 light bulbs, the museum said.

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