World’s First Carbon Neutral Poo Power Plant

World's First Carbon Neutral Poo Power Plant: Officials in the California community of Victor Valley on Friday unveiled the United States' first carbon-neutral wastewater treatment plant. Biogas produced from food waste and sewage powers the plant while keeping tons of garbage out of landfills. Officials at the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority expect the system to operate independent of the power grid by 2015, diverting more than 1,400 tons of waste from the trash heap. "Why would we not want to recover the inherent energy in our waste to power this facility so that we're out of that Edison cycle of 'Well, here's your rate increase, here's your rate increase' every year?" Logan Olds, general manager of the high desert city, told the Daily Press.