Sewage

Jimmy Wang, left, founder and chief engineer, and Elinor Haider, chief executive officer, are the management team behind Philadelphia start-up company NovaThermal Energy which has licensed a Chinese technology called sewage geothermal, that uses conventional heat-pump technology to extract warmth from sewage wastewater for heating and cooling buildings. (Clem Murray/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)

Will sewage be the next big heating fuel source?

PHILADELPHIA -- Among the many renewable energy sources -- wind, solar, hydroelectric, biofuels -- there is one to which we all contribute that has not yet managed to attract the romantic advocates who have embraced other forms of green energy.

We're speaking about the gray river of warmth flowing right beneath our feet: sewage.

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