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Gates Foundation Makes Progress On Reinvented Toilets

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-emporer's-new-throne dept.

Julie188 writes "Last summer the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation pledged to spend millions to reinvent the toilet. That investment has born fruit with teams from around the world coming up with many different ways to turn human waste into energy."

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  1. Re:I don't want to attack Bill Gates. by Intelligenta · · Score: 5, Informative

    To be honest, the amount of good Bill Gates has done for the world is quite remarkable. Since 2007 he has given away $28 billion, saving 6 million lives. That's $2 billion more than US budget for foreign aid. Say what you want about Gates or Microsoft, but he really has helped the world with the money he made.

  2. Re:Does It Clean Your Asshole? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    How is the parent comment anything but a mean-spirited attack on Americans? it is certainly off-topic and should be moderated as such. They use toilet paper in Japan, too. In fact, Japan is so "advanced" that they sometimes don't supply any toilet paper at all in their bathroom stalls.

  3. Re:Bill Gates is way better than Steve Jobs by Pope · · Score: 1, Informative

    Stupid fucking troll.

    Bill Gates retired as CEO of Microsoft to go run his charity. Steve Jobs was CEO of Apple almost up to the end.

    Guess you've never bothered to see what countries Microsoft's hardware is made in, huh?

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