Separating urine from sewage could mitigate some environmental problems
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#2I wouldn't set my hopes too high because of this. It's just all too prone to pee hacking.
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#4I wonder what the 40% who wouldn't eat food fertilized by urine think about the fact that urea is a common cow feed supplement.
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#5Might be interesting to take a look at the past as well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_soil
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#6Jokes aside, last year an algae bloom in Tampa bay killed mega-tons of sea life, dolphins, sea turtles, Goliath groupers, and all.
And the neurotoxin that does the damage also harms people!
For a little perspective, Tampa bay still hasn't recovered from the last red tide event in 2017 which is evident by the specific fishing regulations implemented for the area.
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#7If you are interested in this topic, you should also check out this short book:
https://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Gold-Logic-Using-Plants/dp/096...
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#8I wonder what the 40% who wouldn't eat food fertilized by urine think about the fact that urea is a common cow feed supplement.
I wonder how many of them also wanted to be an astronaut when they were kids.
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#9> According to Simha’s estimates, humans produce enough urine to replace about one-quarter of current nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers worldwide
They have got to be taking the piss.
So worth the downvotes.
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#10> According to Simha’s estimates, humans produce enough urine to replace about one-quarter of current nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers worldwide They have got to be taking the piss. So worth the downvotes.
… but seriously, this astonished me. Would love to see the rough calculation behind this. My biochemistry isn’t nearly good enough to begin to replicate this estimate.