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Posted Fri Nov 7 2008: from TIME Magazine: Is It Time to Kill Off the Flush Toilet? http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1226083463 To flush or not to flush. That was the question that designers and ecologists were asking each other this week as hundreds of people who spend a lot of time thinking about these things convened for the annual World Toilet Summit and Expo in Macau... the flushing loo -- that human innovation that lifted the industrialized world out of its own dirt, cholera and dysentery -- is quickly becoming one of the more egregious instruments of waste in this time of acutely finite resources. [Read more stories about: ] This item will appear in our PANIQuiz! New!: Your Quips: Sharon says: "What a load of shite." Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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