getting paid what you are worth
The way we do things as a species, and as Americans, is so annoyingly ass-backwards in so many ways. A lot of it because of corruption and greed among our leaders, and the ignorance and stupidity of their followers.
Take going to the bathroom. Water and sewage are included in my rent - I’m paying, but I don’t know exactly how much, a monthly fee to urinate and defecate. This money goes to pay for treating the sewage, and cleaning up the water before it goes back into the environment.
This is STUPID! The sewage treatment plant should be paying me! If the plant, and our plumbing systems, were properly designed, sewage treatment plants could actually generate energy and make money. My bodily waste is actually a valuable commodity, if only the world would wake up and realize it!
The trick is separating the urine and the fecal matter into two streams. The brown stuff could then be used to easily generate methane, which could be burned to create electricity. Urine can be turned into fertilizer and a bunch of other valuable chemicals.
Imagine if every time you took a shit, you got paid 25 cents, every time you took a piss, you made a few pennies. What if instead of paying the sewage treatment plant every month, they sent you a check?
Here’s a link to an article detailing the science and technology involved:
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/mg19225831.600
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