Can pee help feed the world?

AFP via Breitbart ^ | 2 May 2022

[GonzoII]

“Go pee on the rhubarb!”

Engineer Fabien Esculier has never forgotten his grandmother’s unconventional approach to gardening — in fact, it has inspired his career. Human urine may seem like a crude way of fertilising plants in the era of industrial agriculture, but as researchers look for ways to reduce reliance on chemicals and cut environmental pollution, some are growing increasingly interested in the potential of pee.

Plants need nutrients — nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium — and we ingest these through food, before “excreting them, mostly through urine”, said Esculier, who runs the OCAPI research programme in France looking at food systems and human waste management.

This presents an opportunity, scientists think.

Fertilisers using synthetic nitrogen, in use for around a century, have helped drive up yields and boost agricultural production to feed a growing human population.

But when they are used in large quantities, they make their way into river systems and other waterways, causing choking blooms of algae that can kill fish and other aquatic life....

[dfwgator]

Our aim is to feed the world.
Your aim will help.

[dfwgator]

[CJ Wolf]

My 30 year old son was driving your corvette since he was 3. It was a different time back then.

[Carriage Hill]

The intended monies we pay never get to agencies, to monitor, find or solve the problems. It disappears down the rabbit hole to unions and other demonKKKrat scum.

[bigfootbob]

Hahaha, no doubt. Your 30 year old son is a lucky guy having a dad like you.

[Svartalfiar]

Bad idea. Ever wonder why we see E. coli and other pathogens on lettuce and other green food crops? Water reclamation done poorly.

Not just that, but it'll kill the plants, too. Peeing once or twice won;t hurt it, but constantly peeing on them will burn them from too much concentrated stuff, it needs to be diluted. Ever wonder why your dogs make brown dead patches in the yard? It's where they pee - without getting rinsed and diluted into the soil, urea will kill your plants, not help them!

[GonzoII]

LOL!