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What if we collectively pee in buckets (to not dilute it with water and other human by-products) and give them to refineries for purification? /s
by mikelitoris 7mo ago
What if we collectively pee in buckets (to not dilute it with water and other human by-products) and give them to refineries for purification? /s
- bluGill 7mo agoPossible but there is a lot of water to remove. And even after that a lot of other impurities. You could do it, but it isn't worth it at scale
- adrianN 7mo agoThere is historic precedent: https://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/lecontesalt/leconte.html https://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/lecontesalt/leconte.html, but we probably want to collect cattle pee, since that is available in greater quantities.
- thetallgeek 7mo agoI tried an experiment a few years back. I peed into a small bucket and watered my curry leaf plant with it, not realizing that it need to be diluted. The plant "died" within a few weeks. I just left the pot and plant be. A few weeks later it started sprotuing again and that was the healthiest curry leaf plant I had ever seen. It had leaves double the size and it grew so fast that we had to give away curry leaves to neighbours
- smscott 7mo agoOn a simpler scale, some communities do this. I've read a few articles about efforts in Virginia, as reported here by the BBC https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250227-the-vermont-farmers-using-urine-to-grow-their-crops https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250227-the-vermont-farm...