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Hey, the market for dog shit is growing since there's a looming fertilizer shortage due to the Russian invasion. Growth market... add in a scheme for tax breaks

Hey, the market for dog shit is growing since there's a looming fertilizer shortage due to the Russian invasion. Growth market... add in a scheme for tax breaks through city clean up initiatives, you may just have an opportunity.

selectodude 4y ago
Dog feces is acidic and shitty fertilizer because dogs are primarily carnivorous :(
- NoOneNew 4y ago
  You're supposed to compost any shit before using it as fertilizer. Appling poop directly to a plant is never really a good idea unless you water it down a lot.
  - janj 4y ago
    Not always the case https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/bunny_honey_using_rabbit_manure_as_a_fertilizer https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/bunny_honey_using_rabbit_manur...
- jsmcgd 4y ago
  Interesting. The grass around the cat shit in my garden always seems to grow much better than the surrounding grass. I'm assuming the cats also eat a carnivorous diet.
  - NoOneNew 4y ago
    It all depends on the plant. Some plants, including grasses, take direct shit great. Others, not so much. It has less to do with the type of shit and more with the type of plant. Most shit is composted before use.
    - idkwhoiam 4y ago
      You can tell this gentleman knows his shit
      - NoOneNew 4y ago
        Of all things I know, I'm recognized for my knowledge in shit...
      - lobocinza 4y ago
        This gentleman shits
    - Cd00d 4y ago
      Thank you! I learn a lot of things on HN. But, this was a surprise, and a genuinely interesting one. Poop for the win, I guess.
  - weatherlite 4y ago
    Dude you are not taking great care of your garden...
gigaflop 4y ago
I feel like we should kill 2 birds with one stone: Bats and bat guano. Guano used to be mined for gunpowder, to the point where the US annexed a few islands after the Guano Islands Act of 1856. If bat guano is usable as fertilizer, we could design some basic guano-collecting bat shelters that act like an automatic litterbox for cats. The bats get a home, and the equivalent of a flush-toilet, while we get bats, less bugs, and plenty of batshit ideas.
- chrisgp 4y ago
  "...and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war anymore"
  - bombcar 4y ago
    The quite reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare
    - jbboehr 4y ago
      Not a coincidence: > The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) established the Plowshare Program in June 1957 to explore the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The program took its name from the Bible (Isaiah 2:4), "they will beat their swords into plowshares." https://st.llnl.gov/news/look-back/plowshare-program https://st.llnl.gov/news/look-back/plowshare-program Strangely, Wikipedia makes no mention of the source of the name.
giantrobot 4y ago
*looks in back yard* I'm going to be a fucking billionaire. I'll finally have a car with doors that open like this!
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  https://youtu.be/0oV4IVy8tvE?t=60 https://youtu.be/0oV4IVy8tvE?t=60
nradov 4y ago
There is also a fertilizer shortage in parts of the US due to railroad bottlenecks. We can produce fertilizer but can't get it to the farms in time. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220414005731/en/CF-Industries-Union-Pacific-Curtails-Fertilizer-Shipments-Delaying-Deliveries-and-Preventing-New-Rail-Orders-from-Being-Taken https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220414005731/en/CF-...
rapind 4y ago
So many people trying to sell us dog shit though. Very competitive market. Margins will be low.

selectodude 4y ago

Dog feces is acidic and shitty fertilizer because dogs are primarily carnivorous :(

NoOneNew 4y ago
You're supposed to compost any shit before using it as fertilizer. Appling poop directly to a plant is never really a good idea unless you water it down a lot.
- janj 4y ago
  Not always the case https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/bunny_honey_using_rabbit_manure_as_a_fertilizer https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/bunny_honey_using_rabbit_manur...
jsmcgd 4y ago
Interesting. The grass around the cat shit in my garden always seems to grow much better than the surrounding grass. I'm assuming the cats also eat a carnivorous diet.
- NoOneNew 4y ago
  It all depends on the plant. Some plants, including grasses, take direct shit great. Others, not so much. It has less to do with the type of shit and more with the type of plant. Most shit is composted before use.
  - idkwhoiam 4y ago
    You can tell this gentleman knows his shit
    - NoOneNew 4y ago
      Of all things I know, I'm recognized for my knowledge in shit...
    - lobocinza 4y ago
      This gentleman shits
  - Cd00d 4y ago
    Thank you! I learn a lot of things on HN. But, this was a surprise, and a genuinely interesting one. Poop for the win, I guess.
- weatherlite 4y ago
  Dude you are not taking great care of your garden...

gigaflop 4y ago

I feel like we should kill 2 birds with one stone: Bats and bat guano. Guano used to be mined for gunpowder, to the point where the US annexed a few islands after the Guano Islands Act of 1856. If bat guano is usable as fertilizer, we could design some basic guano-collecting bat shelters that act like an automatic litterbox for cats. The bats get a home, and the equivalent of a flush-toilet, while we get bats, less bugs, and plenty of batshit ideas.

chrisgp 4y ago
"...and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war anymore"
- bombcar 4y ago
  The quite reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Plowshare
  - jbboehr 4y ago
    Not a coincidence: > The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) established the Plowshare Program in June 1957 to explore the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. The program took its name from the Bible (Isaiah 2:4), "they will beat their swords into plowshares." https://st.llnl.gov/news/look-back/plowshare-program https://st.llnl.gov/news/look-back/plowshare-program Strangely, Wikipedia makes no mention of the source of the name.

giantrobot 4y ago

*looks in back yard* I'm going to be a fucking billionaire. I'll finally have a car with doors that open like this!

ChuckNorris89 4y ago
https://youtu.be/0oV4IVy8tvE?t=60 https://youtu.be/0oV4IVy8tvE?t=60

nradov 4y ago

There is also a fertilizer shortage in parts of the US due to railroad bottlenecks. We can produce fertilizer but can't get it to the farms in time. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220414005731/en/CF-Industries-Union-Pacific-Curtails-Fertilizer-Shipments-Delaying-Deliveries-and-Preventing-New-Rail-Orders-from-Being-Taken https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220414005731/en/CF-...

rapind 4y ago

So many people trying to sell us dog shit though. Very competitive market. Margins will be low.