Re: [MBZ] OT: Green Fuels Would Damage Environment, Critics

2005-11-23 Thread Curt Raymond
Might as well establish myself as a full fledged nutter. On my farm we've got a little camp. The camp has an outhouse which is nearing unusable because the hole is about full. This summer I did an experiment in humanure. Basically you do your business in a bucket that has a layer of sawdust in

Re: [MBZ] OT: Green Fuels Would Damage Environment, Critics

2005-11-23 Thread Christopher McCann
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

Re: [MBZ] OT: Green Fuels Would Damage Environment, Critics

2005-11-23 Thread Lee Levitt
Done. :) Lee On Wed Nov 23 07:03:22 PST 2005, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Might as well establish myself as a full fledged nutter.

Re: [MBZ] OT: Green Fuels Would Damage Environment, Critics

2005-11-23 Thread Curt Raymond
(PST) From: Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Green Fuels Would Damage Environment, Critics To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 you could make biogas and, with some fiddling, use it like

Re: [MBZ] OT: Green Fuels Would Damage Environment, Critics

2005-11-23 Thread Ron Dwelle
Uhh, no! You're a couple generations out-of-date: http://www.compostingtoilet.org/ Ron Dwelle On Nov 23, 2005, at 10:54 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: Composting toilets, from what I've seen are usually a sham.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...

Re: [MBZ] OT: Green Fuels Would Damage Environment, Critics

2005-11-23 Thread Christopher McCann
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

Re: [MBZ] OT: Green Fuels Would Damage Environment, Critics

2005-11-23 Thread Christopher McCann
hmm, interesting. Self Acting Earth Closet. Chris Ron Dwelle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uhh, no! You're a couple generations out-of-date: http://www.compostingtoilet.org/ Ron Dwelle On Nov 23, 2005, at 10:54 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: Composting toilets, from what I've seen are usually a

Re: [MBZ] OT: Green Fuels Would Damage Environment, Critics

2005-11-23 Thread TimothyPilgrim
I had a summer job working at a nearby provincial park, and part of my job was to clean the outhouse at the trail centre. It sat on the top of a sloped hill in the woods and looked like a normal outhouse from topside. But walk around the side and down the steps to the back where you'll find the

Re: [MBZ] OT: Green Fuels Would Damage Environment, Critics

2005-11-23 Thread Tan Qu
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

Re: [MBZ] OT: Green Fuels Would Damage Environment, Critics

2005-11-23 Thread Curt Raymond
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Green Fuels Would Damage Environment, Critics To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I had a summer job working at a nearby provincial park, and part of my job was to clean the outhouse