Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Latest way to prevent bad weather unveiled: Train pigs to use toilets

Potty training for pigs? Test finds it works - World news - World environment - msnbc.com
TAIPEI — Taiwan has been experimenting with a simple solution to the perennial problems of pollution, smell and excessive water use on pig farms: train the pigs to use a toilet.
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"To use the pig waste as manure is a very good approach within the spirit of green energy, much better than just letting it go to waste and pollute river water," Stephen Shen, Taiwan's environment minister, told Reuters Television.

"And I think that can help us a lot in decreasing CO2 emissions and fighting global warming."

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