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No-Mix Toilet (post #185996)

TomT226 on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 05:04
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-10466959-247.html

Now how would you plumb this, and how are you gonna store the urine?  Don't think this has been thought out well enough.

 

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Should I begin to list the (post #185996, reply #1 of 6)

by DanH in reply to TomT226 [original] on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 05:44

Should I begin to list the things that Europeans think Americans haven't thought out very well?


This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in.  --Theodore Roosevelt

This idea has been around for (post #185996, reply #2 of 6)

by rdesigns in reply to TomT226 [original] on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 08:57

This idea has been around for a few years that I'm aware of. I've read articles in American engineering and plumbing journals that endorse the concept.

It's one of those things that respond to a need somewhere else that we're not worried about--yet.

Like smog in L.A compared to smog in Havre, MT, or water conservation in Phoenix compared to Seattle.

No-mix toilet (post #185996, reply #3 of 6)

by jyang949 in reply to TomT226 [original] on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 09:20

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/opinio...

 

Have read that these toilets have problems with mineral buildup and corrosion from the urine.

My young daughters won't (post #185996, reply #4 of 6)

by aimless in reply to TomT226 [original] on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 10:14

My young daughters won't reach the "back" for some years yet - does that mean I would have to keep a scooper handy to move it into the right opening?

 

Not to mention that in western society the stored urine is likely to have all sorts of substrances such as hormones, painkillers and other medications,  that I wouldn't want fertilizing my lettuce.

How about this: (post #185996, reply #5 of 6)

by DanH in reply to TomT226 [original] on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 20:21

How about this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbe... -- about the 4th item in.


This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in.  --Theodore Roosevelt

German Shelf Toilet (post #185996, reply #6 of 6)

by barmil in reply to TomT226 [original] on Sun, 03/14/2010 - 20:09

Anyone who's had a tour in Germany while in the service will remember their first encounter with the German "shelf" toilet and the giggles and jokes that followed. We all came to believe that the Germans had an attachment to their feces not enjoyed by Americans. This toilet reminds me of that older one.