[Greenbuilding] ... device to purify human waste, make compost and generate electricity

Corwyn corwyn at midcoast.com
Fri Aug 17 19:08:49 CDT 2012


On 8/17/2012 6:01 PM, Anne Judge wrote:
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> On Aug 17, 2012, at 11:42 AM, sanjay jain wrote:
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>> 2) The real problem (from an environment perspective) is us, not the poor. We need to change before we can ask others to change. What gives us the right to ask others to use technology we don't use them selves? If we adopted eco-friendly technology, the poor will follow suit.
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> I don't believe in this case the primary concern is the "environment perspective," it's the health perspective.

In which case, a simple compost toilet (such as jenkins sawdust system) 
without the electrical generation aspect, would be a far more helpful 
thing (i.e. cheaper to produce, simpler to deploy, more could be made 
for the same money, etc).


Thank You Kindly,

Corwyn


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