Since you all seem to have such a keen interest in this subject so I will chime in as someone who lived in China for over 20 years. Human manure has always been considered as an organic fertilizer and has been used all along until in 1980's when the industrial fertilizers were allowed to be imported to China. It does pose as a health risk particularlly in southern part of China (warm climate). A lot of people got hepitatis through eating vegetables not thoroughly cleaned. I remember one of technologies the government boasted back then was a household septic system which you can use the produced methanol gas for cooking and the final waste for crop field or fish pond.
Tan --- Christopher McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wondered how composting toilets actually work - > never looked into them. Chinese don't really compost > either - they just dump SHO (straight human waste) > into the paddies. Unless they are using it for > biogas, in which case they use underground > digesters, usually. > > Chris > > Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Composting > toilets, from what I've seen are usually a sham. > They cook the uhh, deposit, down to ash which is > then technically a toxic waste... > > Composting, as I'm sure you know, happens out in > the open with air and microbes involved. > > -Curt > > Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:17:57 -0800 (PST) > From: Christopher McCann > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Green Fuels Would Damage > Environment, Critics > To: Mercedes mailing list > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > you could make biogas and, with some fiddling, use > it like propane in > a gas engine. Biogas is very widespread on a small > scale in India and > China. > > Human feces has been used in China as a fertilizer > for 4,000 years. > Composting is better becuase it can kill pathogens > if hot enough (and > compost done right can get quite hot). > > Also, plenty of places sell "composting toilets" > so you don't need a > bucket. :-) > > And if you want crap -> diesel...mix it with the > turkey guts in > Carthage. > > Chris > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in > one click. > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > > Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, > Missouri > -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" > -1987 300TD, 150K, "Rotkäppchen" > -1985 300SD, 209K, "Wulf" > -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen > Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) > -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent > -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, > Snowcaster, "One Banger" > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in > one click. > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
