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Martian colony or Boston area's sewage-treatment plant?

By adamg on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 9:40am
Digester tanks at Deer Island

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Adam Balsam gives us a closeup nighttime view of the "digester" tanks at Deer Island, where zillions of bacteria contentedly spend their days munching human sewage.

Copyright Adam Balsam. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

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Comments

By The Fox 915 on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 9:57am.

Now where did I put That Q-36 space modulator?

By Old Groucho on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 10:28am.

That your morning glass of O.J. was grown in fertilizer derived from the "waste" in the these tanks.

Mention that next time you see someone who's mid-gulp.

By adamg on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 11:05am.

I mean, I know you can buy Deer Island fertilizer, but they ship it to Florida?

By Old Groucho on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 12:45pm.

He had a badge and everything...

By anon on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 3:51pm.

It all goes here: http://www.baystatefertilizer.com/

By Old Groucho on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 7:46pm.

NEFCO Biosolids handles most of the (ahem) $#@! while Bay State fertilizer gets just some of the $#@!.

By ElizaLeila on Tue, 04/30/2019 - 10:29am.

I didn't think it was OK to put meat-eater derived fertilizer on food growing plantings?

Good thing I don't have a yard to worry about this stuff.

By Luke Warm on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 11:39am.

the diff really

By anon on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 11:45am.

They helped recreate a NASA or CIA facility, IIRC. Not a bad lil movie.

By anon on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 11:46am.

Good bacteria are our friends.

By Eighthman on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 12:46pm.

to a Bond villain’s HQ.