BK 45: (Mar 1, 2022) The Other Dark Matter: The Science and Business of Turning Waste into Wealth and Health
Hi Everyone... Our Mar 1st meeting we will discuss the book The Other Dark Matter: The Science and Business of Turning Waste Into Wealth and Health by Lina Zeldovich (Nov 19, 2021). With 269 pages it will be approximately 9 pages a day. Check out the Bio & Website Below: "The average person produces about four hundred pounds of excrement a year. More than seven billion people live on this planet. Holy crap! Because of the diseases it spreads, we have learned to distance ourselves from our waste, but the long line of engineering marvels we’ve created to do so—from Roman sewage systems and medieval latrines to the immense, computerized treatment plants we use today—has also done considerable damage to the earth’s ecology. Now scientists tell us: we’ve been wasting our waste. When recycled correctly, this resource, cheap and widely available, can be converted into a sustainable energy source, act as an organic fertilizer, provide effective medicinal therapy for antibiotic-res
