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Re:Why were medieval monks so susceptible to intestinal worms? by riffraff on Friday August 19, 2022 @02:22AM (#32518020)
I am not sure human feces burn as well as herbivore manure.

Cow and horse feces look pretty different from human feces, drier and "herbal", and I would be surprised if they share the same combustive properties.

Sheep/goat/rabbit also seem naturally much drier than human tho I've never investigated their internals :)

Edit: on a second thought, cow shit is not particularly dry

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Re:Why were medieval monks so susceptible to intestinal worms? by Someone on Friday August 19, 2022 @02:34AM (#32518088)
You have to dry it before using it as a fuel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_dung_fuel: “Dry dung fuel (or dry manure fuel) is animal feces that has been dried in order to be used as a fuel source.”

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Re:Why were medieval monks so susceptible to intestinal worms? by riffraff on Sunday August 28, 2022 @11:57AM (#32629365)
of course, I just thought that once dried there would not be much left compared to the one from herbivores. Seems I'm wrong tho :)
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Re:Why were medieval monks so susceptible to intestinal worms? by cafard on Friday August 19, 2022 @10:56AM (#32521797)
On the Great Plains, it was "bois de vache", though the vaches in question were bison.
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Re:Why were medieval monks so susceptible to intestinal worms? by bongoman37 on Friday August 19, 2022 @02:28AM (#32518050)
Sun dried cow shit is still used as a fuel source in India. You can even buy it on Amazon [1].

[1] https://www.amazon.in/Fresh-Cakes-Religious-Purpose-Handmade...

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Re:Why were medieval monks so susceptible to intestinal worms? by noduerme on Friday August 19, 2022 @03:36AM (#32518405)
Wow. There's something absurd about selling dung branded and in bubble wrap.
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Re:Why were medieval monks so susceptible to intestinal worms? by unnah on Friday August 19, 2022 @04:07AM (#32518558)
It's all about the user experience.
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Re:Why were medieval monks so susceptible to intestinal worms? by noduerme on Friday August 19, 2022 @06:51PM (#32527023)
This could be a ripe market for disruption. DaaS (dung as a service). YC 2023.
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Re:Why were medieval monks so susceptible to intestinal worms? by xhevahir on Friday August 19, 2022 @03:44AM (#32518452)
A lot of people there put it on the walls of their houses, too, for reasons that aren't clear to me.
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Re:Why were medieval monks so susceptible to intestinal worms? by deepdmistry on Friday August 19, 2022 @04:40AM (#32518731)
To dry it.
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Re:Why were medieval monks so susceptible to intestinal worms? by __MatrixMan__ on Friday August 19, 2022 @09:59AM (#32521014)
They claim:

- Burning cow dung cake in your holy function icrease positive energy and kill all bacteria and germs and purify air also .

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