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I am not sure human feces burn as well as herbivore manure. Cow and horse feces look pretty different from human feces, drier and "herbal", and I would be surp

I am not sure human feces burn as well as herbivore manure. Cow and horse feces look pretty different from human feces, drier and "herbal", and I would be surprised if they share the same combustive properties. Sheep/goat/rabbit also seem naturally much drier than human tho I've never investigated their internals :) Edit: on a second thought, cow shit is not particularly dry

bongoman37 4y ago
Sun dried cow shit is still used as a fuel source in India. You can even buy it on Amazon [1]. [1] https://www.amazon.in/Fresh-Cakes-Religious-Purpose-Handmade/dp/B0B8JZ7CZ4/ https://www.amazon.in/Fresh-Cakes-Religious-Purpose-Handmade...
- noduerme 4y ago
  Wow. There's something absurd about selling dung branded and in bubble wrap.
  - unnah 4y ago
    It's all about the user experience.
    - noduerme 4y ago
      This could be a ripe market for disruption. DaaS (dung as a service). YC 2023.
- xhevahir 4y ago
  A lot of people there put it on the walls of their houses, too, for reasons that aren't clear to me.
  - bongoman37 4y ago
  - deepdmistry 4y ago
    To dry it.
- __MatrixMan__ 4y ago
  They claim: - Burning cow dung cake in your holy function icrease positive energy and kill all bacteria and germs and purify air also .
Someone 4y ago
You have to dry it before using it as a fuel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_dung_fuel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_dung_fuel: “Dry dung fuel (or dry manure fuel) is animal feces that has been dried in order to be used as a fuel source.”
- riffraff 4y ago
  of course, I just thought that once dried there would not be much left compared to the one from herbivores. Seems I'm wrong tho :)
cafard 4y ago
On the Great Plains, it was "bois de vache", though the vaches in question were bison.