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    Onion Juice, Poop, and Other Surprising Sources of Alternative Energy
    Onion Juice, Poop, and Other Surprising Sources of Alternative Energy
    Onion Juice, Poop, and Other Surprising Sources of Alternative Energy
    Audiobook24 minutes

    Onion Juice, Poop, and Other Surprising Sources of Alternative Energy

    Written by Mark Weakland

    Narrated by Various Narrators

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    About this audiobook

    We need energy to power our computers and run our cars. But who would have thought that we could use poop for power or that microbes could ooze oil? Plug your nose, and get ready to dig into some amazing new sources of energy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Press
    Release dateMar 1, 2013
    ISBN9781476573236
    Onion Juice, Poop, and Other Surprising Sources of Alternative Energy

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