03-07-2008, 11:32 AM
Nice to see the interest generated, a couple observations.
Well engineered composting toilets work just fine, with very little trouble of biopathagens if properly maintained. Both of those can be a big if, but they do work. I have a good friend here that is a civil engineer and can certify such things if anyone is interested. Your water usage will be half of what it currently is.
In terms of costs reflecting reality? Well, this issue is about to be placed upon us by the free market itself, like or not, as we face a future of real material shortages, and no longer will it be possible to simply get something for nothing, out of the ground. This will impact our economy in ways we cannot yet fathom. Oil is the obvious issue, but one of only several very important commodities we're mostly out of. Copper is another. Helium, believe it or not, is yet another.
Does that mean a wild sockeye salmon ought to cost about 100000 bucks? If the harvest of it destroys the resource, of course!
Well engineered composting toilets work just fine, with very little trouble of biopathagens if properly maintained. Both of those can be a big if, but they do work. I have a good friend here that is a civil engineer and can certify such things if anyone is interested. Your water usage will be half of what it currently is.
In terms of costs reflecting reality? Well, this issue is about to be placed upon us by the free market itself, like or not, as we face a future of real material shortages, and no longer will it be possible to simply get something for nothing, out of the ground. This will impact our economy in ways we cannot yet fathom. Oil is the obvious issue, but one of only several very important commodities we're mostly out of. Copper is another. Helium, believe it or not, is yet another.
Does that mean a wild sockeye salmon ought to cost about 100000 bucks? If the harvest of it destroys the resource, of course!