Waste not... Ah want not???

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Originally Posted by nikvoodoo

Its true. Back in 91 the entire city of Rochester, NY lost power and water for a week from an ice storm. and since this was before bottled water was standard issue, we would take buckets of snow from outside inside , and melt it for our needs. Including filling the toilet tank. we'd flush it twice a day and plug our nose the rest of the time.

EDIT: we also had to walk to school up hill both ways back then.

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And no matter what direction you were going it's always 15 miles in the snow right?

wats elektrikity? I didn't even have shoes, and no toilet paper, we just used our hands

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Originally Posted by nikvoodoo

If they still had the garden they might, but composting does nothing but stink. That's one hell of a risk considering zombies are attracted by smells.

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Composting Human waste isn't smart or safe because of all the desease we carry. That's why they use animal waste.

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Originally Posted by MrScott101

wats elektrikity? I didn't even have shoes, and no toilet paper, we just used our hands

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you live in arkansas too ? cool

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Originally Posted by HaveCrowBarWillTravel

Composting Human waste isn't smart or safe because of all the desease we carry. That's why they use animal waste.

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I shall add this into the plethora of things that are generally thought of as worthless knowledge hence why I must know it. I always thought the reason human waste isn't used is simply because people would get all skeeved out by touching human waste as opposed to animal waste which was the traditional thing for centuries...if that makes any sense.

You wouldnt want to do this in the confines of the tower, but in an apocalyptic time I would get to work on collecting methane from every form of waste i could. This is where people find those great time killers that keep the monotony of the same old routine at bay. Now could this light up the place? I am not sure.

http://climatelab.org/Landfill_Gas

and yes I was going to say "Who run barter town ?" but i decided not too

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Originally Posted by nikvoodoo

I shall add this into the plethora of things that are generally thought of as worthless knowledge hence why I must know it. I always thought the reason human waste isn't used is simply because people would get all skeeved out by touching human waste as opposed to animal waste which was the traditional thing for centuries...if that makes any sense.

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Nik,
that's just crap...ehehehe.. em, stuff they teach when you go out in the field. Where to build your slit trenches.. how far..blah, blah blah.
Human waste will make you sicker quicker than anything in the world.

HOWEVER.. they could use it for defense to throw off any trackers. EWWW!