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I mean, an urban environment flushes tons of fertilizer down the drain every day…
Human waste is not suitable for fertilizer.
/nightsoil has entered the chatYou should probably look up how most of your rice and beans are grown overseas.
See my other replies to this person.
It’s not about the feasibility, but about the suitability.
I think a lot of people saw Matt Damon growing potatoes in human shit and thought it was legit and not specific to non-earth soil.
Of course it is. Or do you really think, cow and pig manure is fundamentally different from our shit?
The only difference are some germs, but that can be handled - otherwise water treatment plants would cause epidemics downstream.
It most definitely is not.
https://www.fda.gov/media/117422/download https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_soil
I believe some small pilot programs in EU allowed specific types of TREATED sewage to be used, but that’s a whole different thing.
So your argument against treated waste is, that it has to be treated first?
I certainly didn’t create the FDA, USDA, or medical science. Doesn’t have anything to do with me.
If you want to take a chance on it, go for it, but seems a lot of people who specialize in the field all say you’re wrong.