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New toilet technology after 150 years of waste
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/articl...te-3787794.php
One uses microwave energy to transform human waste into electricity. Another captures urine and uses it for flushing. And still another turns excrement into charcoal. Read mo http://www.seattlepi.com/news/articl...#ixzz23YXCoULa |
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New toilet technology after 150 years of waste
wrote in message ... http://www.seattlepi.com/news/articl...te-3787794.php One uses microwave energy to transform human waste into electricity. Another captures urine and uses it for flushing. And still another turns excrement into charcoal. Read mo http://www.seattlepi.com/news/articl...#ixzz23YXCoULa I was on a diving job in the Atchafalaya basin in 1978 or so for Bannister Pipeline Co., the company that did the Alaska pipeline. Since it was through a wilderness area for 90 miles, the EPA and government were all over it. We used styrofoam billets the size of Volkswagens to float the pipeline, and when they were cut off underwater, they frayed a lot. The crews had to pick up any piece of styrofoam "big enough to be seen at ten feet". About the size of a pea. One night they caught a Cajun trying to steal several tied together, and all he could do with his little outboard was about one mph full throttle. He wanted them to float his houseboat. Would have done a good job. So, they were government to the nth degree. On the job, there was a Destroylet. It was a nice clean modern outhouse. When you finished your business, you shut the lid, came out, and flipped the switch on the door. It then went into self-clean mode, and electricity started crackling, and smoke started coming out a pipe at top. It had solar batteries and propane to cook all the turdlets into ash, which they hauled to the dock in some seriously expensive bags. You couldn't get in until it had finished the last load, so if it was a big job, there was a line at the door. If you were anyone but first in line, it could get interesting. Musta cost a bundle, too. Steve |
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