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Re: And the bitcoin body count begins

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On Friday 07 March 2014 00:34, Whiskers conveyed the following to 
comp.misc...

> On 2014-03-06, Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Siberia is filled with small villages where they routinely burn feces
>> from their livestock to heat their homes and cook food.  Not a lot of
>> trees around there.  I've seen pictures of children from these
>> villages who have the job of walking around and gathering it all up.
>>
>> I guess it works just fine, but I'm not sure I could ever get used to
>> the smell...
> 
> It does seem to be a pity that they don't use the shit as fertilizer,
> as nature intended.  The lack of trees may also be a result of
> unsustainable practices.
> 
> The high-tech approach is of course to 'digest' the shit to extract
> the methane etc for use as fuel, leaving the solid and liquid
> fractions as (relatively) sterile fertilizer.

There are certain communities who do exactly this sort of thing, but 
they are few and far between, possibly because of the cost of setting up 
all the equipment for the distilling and refining.

Another problem of course is the recent carbon taxing hype.  I'm not in 
the US, but as I gather, US farmers already have to pay extra taxes 
because their cows fart.  I mean, come on guys... :p

<flame bait>

   If Obama cares so much about shit stains on the American flag, then
   perhaps he should care a little more about the blood stains on it
   first.

</flame bait>

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= Aragorn =

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And the bitcoin body count begins Mark Harvard <Mark.Harvard_909we3@gmail.com> - 2014-03-05 15:04 -0800
  Re: And the bitcoin body count begins RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-05 23:13 +0000
    Re: And the bitcoin body count begins Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-06 08:37 +0000
      Re: And the bitcoin body count begins Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-06 14:16 +0100
        Re: And the bitcoin body count begins Randy Westlund <Vorzakir@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-06 22:14 +0000
          Re: And the bitcoin body count begins Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-06 23:34 +0000
            Re: And the bitcoin body count begins Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-07 01:00 +0100
          Re: And the bitcoin body count begins greymausg <maus@mail.com> - 2014-03-07 09:09 +0000
      Re: And the bitcoin body count begins Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-03-06 17:55 +0000
  Re: And the bitcoin body count begins Koen <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 13:26 +0000

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