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Just Add, Umm, Water

Posted by michael on from the meals-ready-for-excretion dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The US military has devised a way to ensure its troops in battle need never go hungry - with dried food that can be rehydrated using dirty water or urine. Bleh, but lightweight bleh." The original New Scientist story is available too.

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  1. Re:Weird by Wog · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think the urine thing is over-emphasized by the press. The idea with such packages is that you can scoop up swamp water if you want. Urine could be used in an absolutely dire emergency, and if I was stranded somewhere and the only fluids I have are the last few ounces in my canteen and my urine... heck yeah, *zip.*

    Then again, if the water situation is really that desperate, wouldn't eating hinder your chances of survival, not help them?

    How much damage would there be, anyway? Any more than, say, regularly drinking whiskey?

    But the whole thing brings to mind a guy I know who sold water filters in the early 90's. He'd demonstrate their effectiveness by pouring coffee through them. Not that anyone would *want to*, but they could. Same deal here.