No. On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Dave the Sage posted: "I recently stumbled across the following > article at Chron.com and you'll have to tell me what you think of it. You > simply can’t make this stuff up. Now men have been basically using the > world as their urinal from a standing position for thousands of years" > Respond > to this post by replying above this line > New post on *Rat Nation* > <http://ratnation.me/author/davethesage/> Hey Guys, Will You Sit And Pee > To Save The Planet? > <http://ratnation.me/2014/12/04/hey-guys-will-you-sit-and-pee-to-save-the-planet/> > by > Dave the Sage <http://ratnation.me/author/davethesage/> > > I recently stumbled across the following article at Chron.com and you'll > have to tell me what you think of it. You simply can’t make this stuff up. > Now men have been basically using the world as their urinal from a standing > position for thousands of years and I have enjoyed contributing to that > long-standing tradition on more than one occasion. I have to say that > despite the feelings of our culturally all-but-neutered European brethren > the rest of us are not interested in being forced to squat if we don’t have > to. > > Men: Will you sit and pee for the planet’s sake? > By Eric Berger <http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/author/ericberger/> > > You may not know it, but your urine is an environmental menace. > > Although it comprises only about 1 percent of waste water in sewage > systems, urine contributes some 80 percent of nitrogen and 45 percent of > phosphate. Removing these impurities during the process of converting > sewage water into clean weather requires energy intensive pumping, > stirring, heating and so forth. > > So what’s a solution? Here’s the *No-Mix Toilet > <http://nomixtoilets.com/>*. > > [image: nomix.jpg] > *Environmental Science & Technology* > > This toilet separates urine and poo-poo at the source. The nutrients in > urine can be then recycled for such purposes as fertilizer. And the other > sewage can then be transported to waste treatment facilities where actually > can be used to produce power rather than consume it. > > The problem is that some people might not like the new toilet. For men it > means sitting down, not standing. (On the upside, gone would be the > long-standing gripe of women about the toilet seat being left up.) And > apparently the toilets are more prone to blockages. > > Nevertheless, scientists are reporting that Europeans seem amenable to the > new toilets. > > A new survey reported in *Environmental & Science Technology* (*see > research article > <http://pubs.acs.org/stoken/presspac/presspac/full/10.1021/es9028765>*) > finds that, in seven northern and central European countries, 80 percent of > users liked the idea, and 75 to 85 percent were satisfied with design, > hygiene, smell, and seating comfort of No-Mix toilets. > > I wonder whether the idea will sink or swim in America. > > Now there are those who think that the under-feminized American male is > the source of all evil in the world and should perhaps be forced to be > de-masculinized by peeing sitting down. Perhaps such an inconvenience would > slow the rising of the oceans, save the polar bears, reverse global > warming, and somehow make us less warlike in our relations with others. But > I highly doubt it. I’m still mad about the low-flow toilet and the > outlawing of regular non-mercury bomb light bulbs so I don’t think I’ll be > putting one of these to good use anytime soon. > > In a world where a majority of the population is drowning in sewage, > polluted water, and lacks even the most basic infrastructure for sewage > disposal or treatment facilities I think having traditional indoor plumbing > is the least of the problems facing mankind. In fact, I am willing to > venture that far more water is wasted and polluted by the lack of modern > sewage facilities than by some male urine that ends up in an actual modern > sewage treatment facility. > > The time, energy, and tremendous amount of money that would be needed to > retrofit every conventional flushing toilet would be far better spent > helping install some basic sewage disposal units throughout the Third World > than worrying about the current urine disposal practices in the First World. > *Dave the Sage <http://ratnation.me/author/davethesage/>* | December > 4, 2014 at 1:48 am | Tags: environmentalism > <http://ratnation.me/?tag=environmentalism> | Categories: Climate Change > <http://ratnation.me/?cat=34918988>, Delusion or Dishonesty? > <http://ratnation.me/?cat=66009390>, Environmentalist Wackos > <http://ratnation.me/?cat=358229>, European Nonsense > <http://ratnation.me/?cat=55440113>, Liberal "Logic" > <http://ratnation.me/?cat=5966946>, politics > <http://ratnation.me/?cat=398>, Progressives > <http://ratnation.me/?cat=182563> | URL: http://wp.me/p1bb2w-gQS > > Comment > <http://ratnation.me/2014/12/04/hey-guys-will-you-sit-and-pee-to-save-the-planet/#respond> > See all comments > <http://ratnation.me/2014/12/04/hey-guys-will-you-sit-and-pee-to-save-the-planet/#comments> > > Unsubscribe > <https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=7f89380f46003915c34c2cdd2b126a38&email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com&b=L2V.l%26%5BV0%7C4Eimp2inlcgCIeI%7CQ5.ngXnKH%2CU%3DJCumF%7CZ%7CQf9u> > to no longer receive posts from Rat Nation. > Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions > <https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=7f89380f46003915c34c2cdd2b126a38&email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com>. > > > *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: > > http://ratnation.me/2014/12/04/hey-guys-will-you-sit-and-pee-to-save-the-planet/ > Thanks for flying with WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com> > > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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