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Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by m_mueller on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @05:08AM (#18398170)
I'd argue that going from shitting in the woods to a well engineered and cheap toilet is a much more attractive step for most people than having them dig outhouses. It's like with the washing mashines - once electrification is there it's one of the first purchases since it's such a quality of life improvement, and this has happened for a majority of the world's population.
Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by specialist on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @12:07PM (#18400486)
I just watched a segment on this (VICE, Vox, other?). In some places, the cultural taboo is cleaning the pit. So in parts of India, with a history of castes, the pits are made impracticably large, to that it never (rarely) needs to be emptied.
Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by RichardCA on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @07:49PM (#18403556)
Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by specialist on Friday November 09, 2018 @08:11AM (#18414075)
Well spotted.
Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by gnarbarian on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @12:09PM (#18400502)
The thing is, you don't need to empty it really. You can just fill in the rest with dirt and dig a new pit 10 meters away.