Episode 7: Countdown to Gas-tastrophe

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Flatus Power: How much effective power can you really harness from a human fart? #

You may have never heard the word before, but we’re all certainly familiar with that particular bodily function that starts with an "F" and rhymes with "art". Farts contain a number of gases — methane being one of the most commonly known — but how much effective power can you really harness from them?

The MBJr's will synthesize a bunch of these emissions and run them through a gauntlet of tests, gradually upping the ante to see if firing up a propane engine or powering a forklift can be done by a formation of farts!

Laser Flatus: Can a surgical laser ignite a fart? #

You may have heard of this urban legend: during a laser surgery, a patient's intestinal gas was released at an inopportune moment and things went up in flames. But is that a fart fact or just flatulent fiction? Adam and the MBJr's are ready to put this myth to the test. Can the localized heat generated from a surgical laser be strong enough to ignite the requisite mix of human gas?

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