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Letterman: Top 10 questions to ask before buying Japanese poop powered bike

Get a pen and paper handy because you’ll want to jot down the pertinent questions Dave has thought out for you. Once you hit the showroom and see the gleaming beauty, which costs nothing to run, you’ll be hooked as it glides out of the showroom, large T.P. roll unfurling in the breeze. Leave it to Japan to dream up ‘clean fuel’ based upon human waste. In the second video you can see the efficient machine in more detail.

Toilet Bike Neo has a seat that looks like a toilet, and it’s powered by bio-gas from the driver’s own poop, which reportedly is powerful. The "New coal" will soon fuel a 600-mile Japanese tour. The trip includes a stop at a boulder in the shape of a rear end. And if all that isn’t weird enough, the bike also talks and plays music. There remain some questions to be answered: For example, does the driver – er refuel – in private or while driving? And what happens when the fuel supply runs out? Does one ask for donations?