The world's shithouses

Indians shit in the great outdoors because they have no sanitation. While not excusable it is at least understandable.

In the US, meanwhile, the government condones the spraying of shit on fields as a means of reducing the cost of various already subsidized meats - subsidized not by minimum prices but back lack of EPA controls, lack of slaughterhouse laws, lack of feed laws. This practice makes their citizens sick, though not on the scale that our lack of sanitation makes our citizens sick.

Of course, the shit could be composted and used in an environmentally friendly manner but hey, that would be organic farming. Uncle Normie (Normal Borlaug, father of the green revolution, RIP) says that does not work. It certainly goes against the agrochemical industry's interests, so there.

Don't believe me? Take a look at the NYT article below.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/us/18dairy.html?_r=1&hpw

In a sense we in India are lucky that we have not built our sanitation systems yet. It is possible to have paying shithouses, as opposed to paying for them (see our Sulabh Shauchalayas) though sadly not in cities.

Take a look at the following link, and if that is no longer available, google 'separating toilets'. While you are at it take a look at 'compost'.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/earth/stories/s17821.htm