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Microsoft uses human poop to scrub 4.9 million tons of carbon from AI footprint
Interesting Engineering ^ | July 18, 2025 | Neetika Walter

Posted on 07/21/2025 7:58:44 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

Nah. But we sure could drill and produce it cheap.


21 posted on 07/21/2025 8:25:05 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: Red Badger

So...Fracking = Bad, Fracking w/sewage = Good.


22 posted on 07/21/2025 8:28:50 AM PDT by dware (Americans prefer peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom)
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To: VTenigma

It’s one of those, “It sounded really good at the time.” ideas...............


23 posted on 07/21/2025 8:30:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

there are other places who sell waste like this.


24 posted on 07/21/2025 8:32:08 AM PDT by ckilmer
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To: Red Badger

No surprise given their Indian CEO


25 posted on 07/21/2025 8:32:33 AM PDT by montag813
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To: Red Badger

God has quite the sense of humor. AI, Lord of the Flies, washing in poop, while God’s children are washed in the pure water of the Lord. LOL.


26 posted on 07/21/2025 8:40:31 AM PDT by pops88 ( Helping usher the glory of God into Las Vegas)
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To: ckilmer

I’ve looked into them. Morganite is one example.

The raw waste is typically free or the “recipient” is paid a small fee. They then process it to remove metals and harmful bacteria and then it can be marketed.

I have lots and lots of very arid, well drained, land.

So I skip the middle man and let them dump raw poop on the pasture. Mother Earth processes the bacteria (which can’t persist too long), hormones, and everything else.

Time, bugs, growing plants, then scorching heat takes care of it.

And then, voila, fantastic crop land.

Where it turns bad is when people get in a hurry and try to plant crops at the same time. Mexico does this.

There is always at least 5 years and two crops of hay between when I use it for human food. (Not counting cows that eat hay.)


27 posted on 07/21/2025 8:41:27 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: Red Badger

Isn’t poop mostly carbon H2O and nitrogen?


28 posted on 07/21/2025 8:41:58 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys many aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Red Badger

29 posted on 07/21/2025 8:43:19 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Vigilanteman

....and corn.................


30 posted on 07/21/2025 8:44:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Putting it where the sun don’t shine. Not a good idea in my opinion. I would think there would be a considerable risk of contamination to deep aquifers. Where are the slew of environmental impact studies that should be done before pumping poop?


31 posted on 07/21/2025 8:46:32 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: Red Badger

do they have to give back the carbon credits when that happens?


32 posted on 07/21/2025 8:54:53 AM PDT by joshua c
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To: Red Badger
BIG SLUDGE

Someone with more lyrical talent than me should write it up, to the tune of Marty Robbins' "Big Iron".

33 posted on 07/21/2025 8:55:06 AM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: The Great RJ

WHEN YOU HAVE TONS OF MONEY LIKE MICROSOFT, THOSE THINGS ARE IRRELEVENT...............


34 posted on 07/21/2025 8:55:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Imagine sitting on a 14 hour flight to Hawaii, and having your Sanitation Engineer Seatmate describe his ‘exciting’ new job to you in minute detail.

He loves his new job, would like to shout it from the rooftops!! But you, stuck in your window seat, will do for now. “Allow me to walk you through the process. It’s rather fascinating!”


35 posted on 07/21/2025 8:55:54 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: dayglored

Or Jimmy Dean’s “Big Bad John”..................


36 posted on 07/21/2025 8:56:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger
Wells full of E-Coli. Remember in the 60's 70's and 80's, when New York City dumped its sludge 50 miles off the coast in the ocean?

The best sewage disposal is the city of Milwaukee and the Milorganite Company. It's processed, de-wetted, furnace sterilized into granular bits, bagged, and sold as fertilizer. It's the best fertilizer around for lawns, flower beds, golf courses, hay fields, and such.

The product is so good that the city sewage generates a profit. Milorganite has been in operation for at least 50 years. I'm not quite sure why it's not done in other municipalities?

37 posted on 07/21/2025 8:59:45 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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To: Red Badger
Wells full of E-Coli. Remember in the 60's 70's and 80's, when New York City dumped its sludge 50 miles off the coast in the ocean?

The best sewage disposal is the city of Milwaukee and the Milorganite Company. It's processed, de-wetted, furnace sterilized into granular bits, bagged, and sold as fertilizer. It's the best fertilizer around for lawns, flower beds, golf courses, hay fields, and such.

The product is so good that the city sewage generates a profit. Milorganite has been in operation for at least 50 years. I'm not quite sure why it's not done in other municipalities?

38 posted on 07/21/2025 9:01:57 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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To: Red Badger

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milorganite


39 posted on 07/21/2025 9:02:17 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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To: blackdog

Milorganite, the brand that made Milwaukee famous!.................


40 posted on 07/21/2025 9:07:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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