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Agreed. The whole concept is too complicated for the real world, in my opinion. But, if the team is willing to iterate based on feedback, and incorporate some o

by ph0rque 11y ago

Agreed. The whole concept is too complicated for the real world, in my opinion. But, if the team is willing to iterate based on feedback, and incorporate some of the advances of other composting and incinerating toilets, the end product might work really well.

codingdave 11y ago
That is exactly what i was thinking - making this produce compost instead of waste intended for a collection facility would be not only more useful in developing areas, but could even improve the urban gardening/homesteading movement. and lets face it - in developed nations, it is us crazy hippie folk who would buy this anyway.
- erroneousfunk 11y ago
  In developing areas, people grow food as close to their drinking water as possible to make watering and/or irrigation easy. I don't know if anyone wants to recommend that they start adding human waste to the mix.
  - codingdave 11y ago
    I'd love to know where you are talking about, because everyone I talk to does exactly the opposite. We know we are going to use animal waste, and other compost, to fertilize our garden beds. So we pull our drinking water from upstream of any food production. my family does not use humanure in our systems, but it certainly is done by other people and in other areas. If there really are developing areas who fail in this design principle, they need education on how to design their food production. Holding back a useful tool just because some people might use it incorrectly doesn't make sense. But most people who are even somewhat self-sufficient know that the flow of water is a crucial design point. If not composted and used productively, then human waste is just a pollutant. But if you can increase food production and have a productive recycling of materials at the same time, you are killing two birds with one stone.
agumonkey 11y ago
I find it so effin poetic. Everything is simply separated and ""ready"" for reuse. I wish people could see it that way too. I often wonder about the cost of toilets on large scale.

by ph0rque 11y ago

codingdave 11y ago

That is exactly what i was thinking - making this produce compost instead of waste intended for a collection facility would be not only more useful in developing areas, but could even improve the urban gardening/homesteading movement. and lets face it - in developed nations, it is us crazy hippie folk who would buy this anyway.

erroneousfunk 11y ago
In developing areas, people grow food as close to their drinking water as possible to make watering and/or irrigation easy. I don't know if anyone wants to recommend that they start adding human waste to the mix.
- codingdave 11y ago
  I'd love to know where you are talking about, because everyone I talk to does exactly the opposite. We know we are going to use animal waste, and other compost, to fertilize our garden beds. So we pull our drinking water from upstream of any food production. my family does not use humanure in our systems, but it certainly is done by other people and in other areas. If there really are developing areas who fail in this design principle, they need education on how to design their food production. Holding back a useful tool just because some people might use it incorrectly doesn't make sense. But most people who are even somewhat self-sufficient know that the flow of water is a crucial design point. If not composted and used productively, then human waste is just a pollutant. But if you can increase food production and have a productive recycling of materials at the same time, you are killing two birds with one stone.

agumonkey 11y ago

I find it so effin poetic. Everything is simply separated and ""ready"" for reuse. I wish people could see it that way too. I often wonder about the cost of toilets on large scale.