"Soylent Green is ..."

hypereric

@GeekyNerdGuy: I know.. they should have made it solar powered.

Rabid Penguin

@GeekyNerdGuy: According to Dirty Jobs, places out in the middle of nowhere have an outhouse and they basically shit into big trash bags, which they then burn in an incinerator. I'm sure this is easier and smells better but I'm with you in that it HAS to use way more energy doing a hundred small jobs instead of one big one. Which is, ironically, my philosophy on the act of shitting itself.

mhlaxp

i think i'll throw another shit on the barbie...

the_amazing_doug

My grandparents lived in an old farmhouse about 30 years ago, and they had something like this. It was called the Destroylet. I shit you not, (pun intended). Nothing as fancy as an auger, though. When you opened the lid, an exhaust fan would start running. Closing the lid triggered the gas and spark that caused your deposit to burn. I was 3 years old when faced with this demon. Needless to say, I peed in the tub whenever I visited.

I guess if you had a cabin waaaay out in the middle of nowhere with no running water, this thing would save you the trouble of digging an outhouse.

Otherwise, I'm not seeing a real use. I'm guessing renting port-a-potties for festivals is still way cheaper than buying the propane to run these.

GeekyNerdGuy

@GeekyNerdGuy: Yeah, their propaneless version actually just sprays your shit all over the walls and ceiling.

Gann

@GeekyNerdGuy: They said "save water" NOT "save money." Water is people too you know.

Rabid Penguin

I think a controlled nuclear meltdown should be employed for the spray scenario.

I wonder if you can adjust the flame so if I flush my dead fish down this thing - I get fillets?

Maksimir

@GeekyNerdGuy: No, propane covers 75% of the planet and is abundant, except in desert climates.

I await the post telling us how to reduce our energy bills by flushing away excrement instead of cooking it.

mhlaxp

lol

@: Exactly what I was thinking. When I go to watch some proper football and drink 12 Guinness and have an Irish breakfast, no "screw-like auger" is going to be able to handle the result.

this thread = win

med

Imagine the R&D process for this excrement toaster. Can you imagine how often they had to smell and handle burning feces before they got it right.

Isn't propane way more expensive than water?

GeekyNerdGuy

@Mr.SithNinja: An ionic breeze should do the trick!

ALT

So what we are saying is that water is a more valuable resource than propane?

And how long before the auger is covered smelliness? What happens when last nights curry causes you to spray paint the entire bowl. How will an auger move any waste that isn't in contact with it.

Seem like a pretty crap idea.

Burning poo and baking pee? i hope they have some kind of revolutionary air filtration system coming out of that "burning chamber"...... Good Gawd can you imagine??

Mr.SithNinja

@: You would almost say they have "shit-eating" grins on their faces.

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity

Ew.

Curves

Or you could just toss it into your garden. If the neighbors complain, tell 'em you're going green.

Killjoy

look how proud of their invention they appear? what a world.

note that mexican food will also make your shit burn and is much less expensive.

nutbastard

This is absolutely brilliant. What are their recommendations on marinades? Also, does it come in a charcoal model?

Burger King has been doing this for years.

Why do you think they call it the Whopper.

Dr.Danger, Shogun of Jalopnik

I have a serious question: so if I crap more than you do, do I have to purchase your carbon credits? Taking a shit just got a lot more complicated.

Rabid Penguin

This reminds me of that thing. The Cat Genie w/ the review on Amazon about tech support feeling badly about your cat poo soup maker malfunctioning...

Xavoc

@mhlaxp: You also don't need a 3.8L of it per 'flushing'.

Leonard Nimrod

Genius idea guy with queer hair and guy with bad teeth! Now we can increase our dependence on yet another fuel source.

praevalesco

Who's ignorance compared this to a barbecue? Since when are barbecues supposed to burn things to ash?

Here's some education:

Incinerator:
in·cin·er·a·tor /ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪtər/
-noun a furnace or apparatus for burning trash, garbage, etc., to ashes.

It's a poopcinerator!

I can't support this until they run on Hydrogen and give off nothing but clean water.

GeekyNerdGuy

@Rabid Penguin: Giant poop incinerating magnifying glass = win

Gann

uh isn't this like wasting coal or something else.. I mean serioulsy it's got to be hazardous to the environment.

Coder4Life

New at Sharper Image

LiquidGravity

@GeekyNerdGuy: Lol. I'm trying not to picture anyone crapping :c)

"Those things take forever just to cook a hotdog."

But it's already been cooked. You're just reheating it. Also works great for refried beans.

Rabid Penguin

@Rabid Penguin: I'm picturing someone crapping into one of those solar cookers.

Those things take forever just to cook a hotdog.

GeekyNerdGuy

Lots of places that don't have sewer infrastructure have been doing this for.. well.. forever.
This just makes it a prettier package if you will. No bag to remove, no fireplace to light, no 55 gallon drum filled with the remnants of last nights MRE's and jet fuel.

s017jrs

I didn't know it, but the burning bag of poop on the door step was a revolutionary ecological advancement?

Take that ol' Mr. Swenson!

zenpoet

@s017jrs: And that's really the only place that it makes sense to use it, if water is not plentiful. A tank holds a lot more propane gas than liquid water.

Propane energy > Water saved. Definitely not an energy saver.

@GeekyNerdGuy: I've hauled propane tanks into the middle-of-nowhere, and it's a chore. I think I'd rather dig an outhouse.

photophile

@Xavoc: Reading the reviews for that product is a form of entertainment I never knew existed.

dingus

I just run out into the back yard, hop on top the composter, drop trou, and crap right into the bin. Then I use the composted material to grow my own food!

♫♪ The cirrrrr-cle of life...♫♪

Cupajo

@: Apparently you've never barbecued with my drunken friends ...

GeekyNerdGuy

this thing isn't meant to replace your toilet unless you live in back woods alaska or somewhere else that doesn't have a sewer.
Its meant for areas that otherwise would just dump it in the ocean or bury it. This is a widely used practice, the toilet they came up with is just a friendlier face on the modern outhouse.

s017jrs

propane burning waste and paper when it could just be processed at the local waste plant or in your septic tank?

enviroment schmenviroment

@Rabid Penguin: They just call them brown trout, dude...

StarChaser Tyger

Gizmodo is so jacked up today. The replies aren't working correctly, and I'd love to read that XO laptop story if the link actually worked ...

GeekyNerdGuy

Gotta be some joke about "carbon footprint" buried in all the muck...

ps61318

Things like this really burn my ass.

dlomax

@Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity: I love the way Gawker seems to eschew testing site updates.

Let's just tweak the code and see what happens! Whooohaaa!

GeekyNerdGuy

@Rabid Penguin: I have been noticing it across the Gawker sites. Consumerist is doing it as well.

Git Em SteveDave displays attention-grabbing vanity

@ddtx2: Even with a standard toilet you pollute the air, that's what the fan in the bathroom is for... or crack a window if you have one... let the neighbors deal with the fallout.

Note to Giz: Replying to people's comments doesn't always copy their name into the anchor tag.

Rabid Penguin

No water? How did the guy on the left get his swirlie?

Bos'un's Mate

I like the cup holder on top of the tank; I assume its some sort of vent, but I bet it would keep my coffee warm, too...

tivoupgrade

Why those dudes are so happy?

What happened if you have a terrible diarrhea?

Ok, you don´t pollute the water but pollute the air!

Old news. Here is an article from 1983.

infmom

@nutbastard: Nice! I needed a good laugh!

Scott

I can't imagine this smelling all that good.

Why did I not think of this!

DarkHavoc99

My morning poop is pretty big - might need a rotisserie attachment.

brundlefly76

@Dr.Danger, Shogun of Jalopnik:
LOL !.... THAT my friend, was very funny!.

@Bos'un's Mate: Well, there was this noodle incident, and...

Con Seannery

argh!!!

What I was going to say was, what about all those pets you flushed as a kid? How does it work now with a goldfish?

S

@LiquidGravity: Don't you mean SHARTer Image?

Portmanteautally

@JEmlay: "It's a poopcinerator!"

Inshitterator?

@Cupajo: "♫♪ The cirrrrr-cle of life...♫♪"

The circle of e. coli...

@ps61318: "Gotta be some joke about 'carbon footprint'..."

Carbon assprint?

GadgetPlay

I remember when I was a kid and on vaccation in Egypt. We did the wholejeep sand safari in the desert and ended that night with a group of nomads. They used the camel fecies to grill and it worked out great. :)

How incredibly retarded and self-defeating. I love how people create products that are supposedly "green," but actually just make things worse. How is burning propane and shit any "greener" than flushing a couple of gallons of water?

But what if you get the leads to the auger reversed and it spins backwards...?

@GadgetPlay:
You win, I vote for Inshitterator!

Our houseboat has one of these, it's an Incinolet. The burn cycle takes 20-30 minutes, and it's kinda scary to flush again and see flames down there...

@JEmlay:

seconded

nutbastard

epic bad idea on the exhaust placement, i see a lot of missing fingerprints there.

godwhacker

@: Thirded

so they smear the poop all along the insides of the toilet? I wouldn't want to be the next guy.

Ever had someone tell you your cooking tastes like $hit? If you're 'barbecuing' it,there might be some truth to that now!

FiveLiters

the phrases "shit eating grin" and "evil genius" come to mind.

skulldriveshaft

We have a "burning" toilet at our summerhome. It works like magic and the toilet has the name to match it, "Cinderella".

David9206

Aqua Teen - Total Re-Carl

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