The Invention of Toilets
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ค. 2024
- "It is only a toilet but it should show that even small things can bring beauty into our life.
We live only once and money making is not all.
It is harmony with beauty and harmony with nature which makes us really feel good.
Beauty has an important function.
Beauty is always underestimated."
-Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1999)
Disclaimer: Do not drink water out of your toilet!
Special Thanks To The Hundertwasser Foundation
www.hundertwasserfoundation.or...
www.hundertwasser.com/
Special Thanks To Neil Bromhall
/ neilbromhall
www.rightplants4me.co.uk/
BOOKS
Friedensreich Hundertwasser by Wieland Schmied
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Remaking The John: The Invention And Reinvention Of The Toilet by Francesca Davis Dipiazza
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Bedbugs And Chamberpots: A History Of Human Hygiene by Elizabeth Poynter
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Toilets Of The World
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HUNDERTWASSER WRITINGS
Peace Treaty With Nature
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Burial Beliefs
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ASSET CREDITS
Roman Latrine by Álvaro Pérez Vilariño
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Map of London Sewer By Philg88;
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Amnesty International Slum Stories
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The Thames It Is A-Changin’: Wildlife Returns To The River by David Adam
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No Toilet, No Bride
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British Medical Journal Poll
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Solar-Powered Toilet System by Caltech
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Clean Water Is Everyone’s Problem by XPRIZE
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Water.Org
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Food Rotting Time-lapse - Yogurt And Fruit by GammelFood
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Artwork Of A. Paul Weber
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Janicki OmniProcessor
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Gates Notes
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The Nano Membrane Toilet
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INFORMATION
The Metamorphosis of Ajax, Ajkes And Early Modern Urban Sanitation By Dolly Jorgensen
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Health, Height And Welfare: Britain, 1700-1980
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Ordinances For Sanitation In A Time Of Mortality by Pistoia
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WHO MDG Water Sanitation Report
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World Development Report 2016 by World Bank Group
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UN Water Facts
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World Toilet
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Why We All Need To Start Drinking Toilet Water
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Composting Loos Should Be The Answer To The World’s Toilet Crisis
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Public Toilets In The Middle Ages
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How The River Thames Was Brought Back From The Dead
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Special Thanks To Expert Joshua J. Mark
www.ancient.eu/user/JPryst/
VIDEO CREDITS
Written, Produced, Edited and Hosted by Kevin Lieber
Instagram: / kevlieber
Twitter: / kevinlieber
Website: kevinlieber.com
Contributing Editor Matthew Tabor, Koala Fight Media
koala.fm/
VFX by Eric Langlay
/ ericlanglay
Sound Design by Jay Pellizzi
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Coordination By Lisa Solimeo
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Special Thanks Paula Teixeira
www.etsy.com/shop/Craftality
Select Music by Jake Chudnow
/ jakechudnow
Outro Music - Towers Of Glass by Matt Hill
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Vsauce2 Links
Twitter: / vsaucetwo
Facebook: / vsaucetwo
Website: www.vsauce.com
I like the uniqueness of Vsauce2. I'm glad it isn't Vsauce1.1.
yeah it's just as awesome but different in a great way
Same with Vsauce3
Why can't people enjoy them both?
yea, exactly!
it really isn't. Vsauce 1 is more maths/philosophy, vsauce 2 is more technology and vsauce 3 is mostly digital worlds.
I find it more strange that he drank water out of a wine glass
Blue Hell Dino that wasn’t even a wine glass though
It was...
RiNO Same
Only fancy people drink water out of fancy cups.
... That is what you found strange?
Damn, Kevin really knows his shit.
idk if thats supposed to be a pun or not, but if it is then gj sir
I solute you, legend
Glad to see you put the toilet paper on correctly...
***** There is no reason for toilet paper to touch the germ infested wall...
Your public toilets are terrible then. Over here they are around shoulder height when sitting on the bowl and at least 20 inch away from the bowl itself. Having it hang is also a lot easier to pick and tear off instead of trying to get it when it sticks to the wall.
+Justifyed Mattitude Nope. It was proven to have it out on front is correct.
+Justifyed Mattitude It's true. It was studied and they determined the fact that it takes longer for your eye to locate the toilet paper when it's faced inward, rather than outward. I actually saw a presentation about it at school years ago. Look it up. Anyway, I just prefer it outward because it's easier to grab.
the original patent shows the toilet paper facing toward the toilet as well...
To be honest becoming a tree after dying is kind of a really awesome idea.
I'd eat your dead body apples
Until you're fully concious and are bored for a few hundred years
+jenn davis what a humane savage.
Yup and it would be so much better to have a forrest instead of graveyards
I already became a tree because "my" placenta had a seed that my mum buried and grew a small tree :)
He still didn't explain why the hell we use drinkable water in our toilets??!
I think the main reason was that it doesn't smell.
It's more hygienic and that's basically the only main water supply we have.
To lessen the amount of pipes, that we have to build underground.
He didn't say that. He said it's the same as the tap water, which is drinkable in most places.
+TheJonoChannel lol, just do it us and collect raineater fron your roof for the toilets.
One of the most beautiful quotes that mention poop I've ever heard.
"Sewage becomes energy, and we become a forest of the living dead."
Speaking of Hundertwasser,we had a art piece called the Pavillion of Nature in my old New Zealand school of Birkdale Intermediate. The Pavillion of Nature was made in Hundertwasser's style,as he stayed in New Zealand. He was dead when it was built,but they found a document of him wanting to build it,so they did it and it was an EXACT REPLICA to his idea.
That is incredibly awesome!
Serllyl Kallen
Cool
We had a Humus Toilet in our summer house.
stuffums
Well ,offence is taken ,not given. Everyone has their opinions. But you misunderstood ,I don't like him ,I've simply heard of his before ,by coincidence.
Never thought a video about toilets could be so beautiful.
I thought the same thing. Vsauce is so full of life
life is full of life? :D
+Stephan Kreidl vsauce is life :3
Sudden urge to drink out of my toilet (more than usual)
pls no
pls yes
Clean it before drinking :)
Clean it after drinking :)
Boil it for safety
Vsauce, Vsauce 2 and Vsauce 3, I learn more about biology,astronomy, physics and history from you guys than from what I've learned at highschool, no matter the subject you always find a way to make it interesting and explain even complex things in a clear and simple way, I really appreciate your work and thank you for bringing more culture to TH-cam :)
The last point he made is actually quite important to me. George Carlin made a point that graveyards and golf fields should not exist as large as they do or not at all. In my opinion, death is a part of everything we have to do with. Think of the places you'd liked to be buried instead of in a wooden box. You take up place & not even given back to life after yours is done. I truly believe if we are to make improvements in this world, what we value & our customs must change.
Carlin=legend of legends
I have plans to have my body converted into a diamond. At least it gives my offspring something to look at.
I arranged my burial at 24 to ensure I wouldn't have my body contaminate the earth with nasty chemicals preserving me, or causing air pollution when burnt. I get buried among native plant life in an unmarked grave with my approximate burial location plotted on a map. It is much cheaper than a traditional burial, but slightly more expensive than a cremation. I don't understand why you need to visit a body anyway, if you want to build a memorial dedicated to a person who has died where their loved ones can visit that makes some sense - but why the hell does their actual body have to be there?
I’d rather be put in a shredder and have my body parts go flying
Solution: Combine graveyards & golf courses. Boom, you've got an amazing mini golf course around tombstones! Problem solved
Holy shit, this video was informative yet emotional. It brings a whole new meaning to the circle of life and how precious nature it. Keep it up Kevin, love you.
Is*
He gets less attention witch he desirves more
+Tom Cline Pretty sure that was the original meaning of the circle of life.
MrAntieMatter meh
+DaTato Potato witch? BURN THE WITCH!
The guy at 2:24 is like "haters gon' hate, but imma still do a handstand"
heh
nice eye.. but I THINK (and I might be wrong) dude is on top of a pile of bodys. Kind of hanging over and theres another guy seems to be poking him with a stick! lol you gotta love those old revolutionary era/style paintings tho. theyre soo weird.
Lmbo.
lmao nice catch
He's upside down because he's being dumped out of the wheelbarrow into a hole in the ground to be buried along with the other dead bodies he's on top of. The previous sentence makes more sense if you replace every instance of the word "he's" with "it's".
the first video about poop in wich I ended up so emotional....almost crying
Emotional*
emocional is a word, though
thanks. I usually write in spanish, so my phone corrected emotional to emocional.
I've seen alot of poop videos. this one was really good. but almost crying? if the video taught us anything, just let it out! ;P
Are Trejo Isla but... emotional in spanish is emocionado
It's amazing how this would be a perfectly fine high quality video if it ended halfway, but he then stopped to tackle the subject from another perspective, which made the video fantastic. You deserve everything you have, Kevin.
Leave it to Kevin to make a video about poop interesting and philosophical.
When I die...I want my family to open up my chest cavity and use my abdomen as a pot for a tree
Wow, really?! Me too! :D
Crazy thinking kid
Good luck with that, there is a certain degree where respecting nature and... what ever you call that you just said..
The Avaren I'm just kidding bro LoL
oh you seemed pretty serious tho,lol
Who knew a video about poop could be so beautiful?
Life From Death. Buried without a coffin and a seed planted within, becomes a tree. The Tree Of Life.
"When one world ends, something else begins."
I see you let the toilet paper roll over the top than roll under. Smart man.
When I die I want to be buried naked with no coffin..... #savetheworld
what? save the world from what?
+Sigbjørn H.E from clothing you know .
***** from ur mum GET REKT XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
***** and plus.....you can be with the tree.....*be with the tree*
+1 LiFe PWNUM In the tree, part of the tree
Am I the only one impressed by how he ripped the toilet paper with only one hand?
no because it's not hard to do at all anyone can do it
Brandon Verduzco You're lying. It's one of the most hardest things in the world
+PlayCreatively damn, then nvm I guess I can't help you 😟
Brandon Verduzco Were you trying to help me?
PlayCreatively lol I was
Living in germany near several hunderwasser-buildings never seemed so interesting as now. I visiset them but never truly understand the spirit of them, till now. Great video, keep up the great work :)
"We become a forest of the living dead" is the most beautiful thing I've heard all day.
I'm pooping while watching this...
No shit
Hey man, same!
same, drink the poop water
Same doe
You ganna get pink eye.
I am a civil engineering student and this video is the most inspirational video to me. This is why I got into the field, to design the simplest and sustainable systems. The Humus Toilet is absolutely brilliant and reduces water, pipes, maintenance and the need for sewer treatment plants. I am looking into using one.
I liked so much that I spent a little of my time translating to portuguese, nice vid.
Can that be done through youtube?
yes, just go on "Settings", on the video, click "CC" and then "add captions"
I'm glad the roll of the toilet paper is placed correctly
Hi Kevin , how come it takes all 3 Vsauce channels to take so long to upload a new video ? I find all your videos very interesting and its a downfall whenever I try find a new video :)
Hey, Aaron! We are always working on our videos. It just takes a very long time to research, write, shoot and edit them. Thank you for watching.
+Vsauce2 awesome :)
+Vsauce2 Well worth the wait.
What is ur haircut called in the vid? and what shampoo do u use
what the hell are you all saying :?
Things like this really make me feel lucky to have been born in a developed country
Kevin i think this is your best video yet. well done. I did not know of Hundertwasser before this video but this man is a genius, ive been looking for a philosopher this in-tuned with nature and still remain practical. Thank you vsauce!
I vape my poop
I call it farting
Vape Nation
vape naysh y'all!
+Dossell Sinclair farting is not evaporated poop.
+Speedkomodo That's true
Sorry, but why are you eating a pizza in the thumbnail? I get the huge straw, but I'm confused as to where the pizza showed up in the video... O_o
A man gets hungry
Eating is part of the fertilization cycle (gotta poo, yo)
off topic but nice profile pic, Ænima is a great album!
One person at random Username checks out. :P
+One person at random Thanks! It's an amazing album, I agree
Your show gets better and better each episode. Truly inspiring!
i can honestly say every time i watch your videos i get a deeper understanding of life. i really do appreciate what you and the other guys do. it really makes my brain work
nobody has watched the full video yet
Wow
not if you watched it 2 times the speed
Just finished
You still have 1 minute right?
Lol ye
They should pay you more, look what has happened!
I don't think he gets a steady salary, but just a percentage of the video incomes of the vsauce group, or just vsauce2
Better watch some more cause he needs to get clean water fast
The water in the toilet is clean.
It is drinkable but far from clean. I know this because we conducted an experiment in college to determine the difference between toilet, faucet, pond, and bottled water. The results are not surprising... i'll leave you to determine the order and which were safest with the least amount of microbes.
+RedPaintedTable The water that comes out of your faucet is the exact same water that goes into your toilet. The water comes from the same pipe.
Kevin your videos are THE best. i love them! they make you look at things from a different and more profound perspective and yet they're also kinda funny. always great stuff
Title of this video should be "The cycle of life".
Awesome video. Well done :)
8:37 - "The humus toilet" I thought about "Hummus" at first
VSauce: Making things like human feces inspirational since 2010.
the connection to, and viewing through the lens of, Hundertwasser is perfect... thank you!
Such a great video! I got chills watching it.
Keep it up!
It must have been awfully awkward to record this whole video in your bathroom.
he probably didn't
plot twist no one was in my bathroom
+The Avaren
He was in mine :(
The ending sequence is beautiful, but I strongly believe that a more fitting music would have been something like the part that begins at about 7:30 minutes into Harmonium's song _Histoires sans paroles_.
r/iamverysmart
also howd you get italic text?
Put an underscore " _ " before and after the text you want italicized. Also, I very much agree with you.
_thanks_
Never thought of any big TH-camr talking about Hundertwasser. Thank you very much for this astonishing video, Kevin!
These videos are so well constructed and always hit me in the feels when I'm least expecting it. (I don't normally say feels, lol.) Then, you provide witty comic relief, while again summarizing the importance and beauty of this topic. Well done, I'm officially binge watching. :')
Everyone are trying to leave a joke, but I was toilet.
BUT WHO WAS PHONE!?!?!!
Doppio was phone. Anybody who doesn't get this is not a Jojo fan.
Well personally speaking, if you read the manga, you can read from any point. Normally I would recommend reading from Parts 1-6 or Parts 7&8.
But when you read certain points just promise me one thing... when a villain or hero does something last minute to save the day, say, "By the power of deus ex machina." Trust me, it's worth it.
The Joke was from Part 5: Vento Aureo (Golden Wind). Have fun searching! :P
pretty damn good! XD
I just really love Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. I respect anime like that on a personal level.
It's really... Gureito Daze.
I remember when vsauce 2 was just made, you've come along way Kevin this videos was awesome!!!
Gelenvader3 *a long
Excellent coverage of the subject. Thank you. Keep it up.
So much information!!! THANK YOU VSAUCE!! Great Job! Your awesome KEV!
I'm only commenting to keep a permanent mark in history so I will still exist far past my existence. I have finally, made a mark that will show in the future
what happens if youtube goes bankrupt and every thing on it is lost
You mean if Google goes bankrupt? Nah. Extremely unlikely as long as our capitalist society exists. I believe that Google will someday rise to a kind of Unicorp. that has monopolized pretty much everything and throws humanity into a totalitarian dystopia like in many cyberpunk stories. Dark, I know.
At some point they are just gonna go delete old comments.
*facebook ends up buying youtube off google*
+Brendan Stradnieks Google is worth more than fb. it'd be the other way around
dayum near the end the feels got real for a while
I always come back to this video. Partly, I rewatch it because it's so interesting or I find it pertinent to link it to someone or on something when it comes to toilet/sanitation-related talk, but I always watch it all the way through. It reminds me why I work so hard to keep from becoming a bitter malcontent and that kindness and consideration is not wasted. I think we all ought to strive to make life better for others when we can.
This was great Kevin. You always amaze me!
awesome video..welcome back...hopefully here to stay
Dude both you Mike and Jake always have such deep words....
"Both you, Micheal, and Jake" uh what
one of my favorite videos so far great work vsause
Awesome video Kevin. Thanks for always giving me new perspectives:)
All done, very nice video guys!
Good timing! Got a history exam tomorrow including Black Death!
Dang, I am so glad that I am on holiday already :D
Make sure to bring a bird mask filled with strong smelling substances, don't want you catching it! :)
This is by far the most moral and beautiful video that you have made Kevin.
Amazing movie! Kevin, keep it up, I love your channels!! Greetings from Argentina!
Hey! Love the video! I was just wondering who made the end movie.
It´s awesome and I want to know who made it. If it was you Kevin, I don't know what to say... I love the end.
Thanks! Yeah, I made the ending using the amazing time-lapse nature footage of Neil Bromhall and footage from various public domain films that I found.
I thought it was unsettling. It was good, but something felt off...
*edit* Oh! The sped up "nature footage" looked kinda like paper and claymation for some reason, I think that contributed to it somewhat.
crispy bacon you jealous fool ... i challenge the critic to do better... this was amazing and really hit home in my humanity ...
mastakla69 "I thought it was unsettling" ==> "Duhr ur jsut a h8r! Liek u cud do better!"
It wasn't even criticism, I honestly just felt unnerved watching it. I'm not sure if that was his intention. Jeez, no one can say anything that could even be _perceived_ as criticism without some jerk jumping down their throat for being a "jealous fool".
+mastakla69 it was just his opinion
I know the reply is late
I was going to make an early bank joke, but then I lost interest.
Wow! That's the most messed up thing I have heard so far man. I hope it's a prank or a social experiment Bradberry
+Marcos Amparo ...
facepalm
Come on guys. This was pretty funny
Gotta give you credit for trying, though.
This was very interesting. Thanks for informing us about the types of things we never think twice about. Great video!
Like always, impressive job collecting and presenting research.
what a waste of humus, love humus with doritos
Most American statement in the comments! lol. But that does sound interesting so Ima try it..
+NWinnStudio hummus
Oh man that combo never occurred to me. Thank you
Not that type of humus
Hue-mas
5:10 "You don't even know who I am."
-Benjamin Disraeli
Excelente vídeo, muchas gracias por el magnifico trabajo.
What about prions?
They won't get decomposed when burrying a body without a coffin and could be an actual risk when entering the surrounding plants and wildlife...
They do get decomposed just like any other protein. They're just a little bit more resistant to denaturation.
prions are typically obtained through cannibalism, if he was buried under an Apple tree then maybe
Why not care about both you negative Nancy
+Benny Tadeo You gotta pick your battles, you positive Pete.
+ThisPerson556 so that the prions get consumed again and therefor can continue spreading
I had to look away when he took a swig of that toilet water
I was eating and felt fine, I watched the whole video eating since I have no problem seeing disgusting things, however _seeing_ and *smelling* makes my gag reflex goes off immediately to the point I cannot be anywhere near.
+sion8 Ikr
he doesn't seem to know that toilet water back-washes.. some amount of old water remains so it's never completely fresh tank water. -__- hope he didn't get a tummy ache from making this video. or maybe it's a fake display toilet lol or a brand new one so never been used.
+jeaniebaby001 probably a new one , seems too shiny...
Wulfy "stylized a toilet". Sounds classy
Thanks for your videos Kevin... Spreading knowledge is unbelievably respectable and extremely interesting. Keep it up :)
Haha Groom of the Stool xD I thought Pizziola was bad.
Nothing like a nice existential crisis to end the day. Fantastic work as always Kevin.
I've never been so touched by poop before
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how great this video and this channel is.
Kevin , Thank you for the ending Video showing the growth of a Classic Psilocybin Mushroom... Beautiful
Many Blessing , SMR
Kevin I absolutely love your videos. You word them very well and always have a few great messages and points in there. Love how you said that people don't visit his grave they visit his tree and that his circle was complete. Gave me chills. All the Vsauce channels are amazing. Please don't stop making them.
what about John Snow and how he stopped cholera
lol... I gotta say, every time I watch GoT, and Jon Snow shows up at the Wall, all I can think is their well is contaminated.
Tfw you watch a video, not expecting your life to change forever
That was beautiful man, keep making more awesome vids and thank you.
Guys, you make awesome videos full of nice information.. Congratulations and keep up the good work..
This video will get millions of views, and I'm number 153. Pretty kul
Very kul
ye, I was ##25 pretty col
+Nicolas Vandessel berry berry kul...
#14,076
Considering there are several million newly uploaded videos EVERY DAY... not "pretty kul" but completely and utterly meaningless.
DESIGNATED
SHITTING
FOR
DISCHARGES
STREETS
Poo in the loo
Hey Kevin, Thanks for this video and reminding us that the cycle must not break. It should go on for the survival of not just us , but the planet.
Insightful! Nicely done. Thanks!
How many times did you flush your toilets before shooting this scene?
Ever since I learned about being burred with a tree I thought it was a great idea and will follow through with it less some family ruins it lol
Such emotional
Thank you for this beautiful video and informations
Awesome video, great synthesis!
No time wasted.
It sounds like the Humus Toilet would be a good idea for the drought stricken areas of the western U.S. Less water use and natural fertilizer to take to the farms. Imagine if a city the size of LA converted to this.
The end clip and music were so beautiful :)
Great video!! All Vsauce channels videos get better and deeper each time. I applaud you and please keep it up.
"they visit his tree"
i cri bcawz dis iz mi dream 2 :''''(
mi 2
Me4
You could check out the bios urn website? that way you can become the tree you want to be
I do GCSE history... I know what Miasma means 😉😉 For some reason actually knowing something for once makes me happy lol
I also know about Pasteurs 1861 germ theory and Koch's magic bullets and shit
1858 great stink!! OMG I know stuff!! Lol
Lol Bazelgette too!!! Wow why am I do excited for knowing stuff?? Because I never usually do!! Lol
For real 🙄
The magic bullets were Ehrlich's though
what a wonderful educational video, learned a lot, please make more like this. :D
I work at a wastewater treatment facility. We have digesters that anaerobically breaks down concentrated sludge. Methane is the primary product that we use to power the boiler that keeps the digesters warm and producing more methane.
We would burn the rest of the methane in our cogens if we could get the methane clean enough to burn properly...
Now I have a question: why do we use clean water in our toilets ?
While people are lacking clean water, we use it to flush our toilets... Seems weird...
it would stink and contaminate the air
Certain coastal cities use separate sea water system for toilets. It save fresh drinking water while it also cut cost in water and sewage treatment.
It'd probably cost more then to just use clean water. To get dirty water specifically, or to make clean water unclean, get newer pipes, etc. It'd be a lot of effort for a "little".
what are we going to do with it? pack it up and send it to India?
Well the point of the clean water system is to help keep our environment clean. Cause we turn poop into electricity and fertilizer, cause we don't want to dump it into the rivers and etc. Also the water in your sink is also the water that they filtered from poop. But don't be afraid, it is clean.