Bates Car Sweet as a Nut

This short film presents Mr Bate an inventor who discovers a substitute for gasoline in barnyard manure Even though he fits the classic mould of singleminded knowhow and practical dreamer his discovery is tried and tested He demonstrates how his homemade digester does turn manure into potent methane gas that powers his auto And for good measure he demonstrates his latest sustainable invention a bicycle powered by the bumps on the road