[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: y2k/gary north delusions
Michal Hohensee wrote:
>
>
> Igor Chudov @ home wrote:
> >
> > Petro wrote:
> > > Ok, so let's cut that back to what we _need_. First off, we don't
> > > dump our dish water down the drain, it gets "recycled" to flush the
> > > toilets.
> >
> > get them to shit outside.
> >
>
> Bad bad bad bad bad bad *bad* idea. This might be ok in the Russian
> countryside, or any other countryside, but it an *excessively* bad thing
> in just about any modern city. If running water fails to run in the
> cities, and people do as you suggest, and take their business outside,
> it will not be long before tremendous numbers of people get sick and
> die. What with the high concentrations that people live in in most
> cities, I expect that this'd make the Black Death look like a mild case
> of the flu.
Like I said, someone would need to build a latrine. That's all that's
needed.
- Igor.