Disposable Toilet To Change the World

captn ecks writes "A biodegradable and self-sterilizing bag for people of the toilet-disenfranchised world (40% of humankind) to dispose of their bodily waste and turn it into safe fertilizer has been created by a Swedish entrepreneur. It's a dead simple and brilliant solution to a vexing problem. From the article: 'Once used, the bag can be knotted and buried, and a layer of urea crystals breaks down the waste into fertilizer, killing off disease-producing pathogens found in feces. The bag, called the Peepoo, is the brainchild of Anders Wilhelmson, an architect and professor in Stockholm. “Not only is it sanitary,” said Mr. Wilhelmson, who has patented the bag, “they can reuse this to grow crops.”'"

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Socialist countries for the win ?

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whenever i discuss with a conservative american, they always counter with the bullshit that is 'american system is the best there can be, and "socialism has failed"'. after reminding them socialism != communism, and what they term socialism is named social democracy in europe and has been working miracles in the latter half of the century, i end up having to give them examples. generally i give scandinavian countries as examples. because they have been made believe 'america is the best and there is nothing else', they generally come up never having researched or wondered how people live in other countries.

it always ends up the same way ; when i establish it with various citations and statistics from international sources that all the stuff they thought cannot work well (like public healthcare etc) has been working very well in these countries, they always come up with the same brainmelting objection ; 'but it curtails innovation and enterprise'. no surprise, because since they never wondered what was happening around the world elsewhere, being so self-indulged, i end up having to establish that a lot of the innovations and inventions we have been using lately has been coming from those places. (first osmosis plant, wood chip plant, recently ended 30 year long gsm usage versus cancer rate research, first humongous, datacenter-grade home internet connection test - examples are countless).

this is just another example i will end up using while waking them up to the wide, wide world.