Comments on: Pig piss plastic http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 16:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171526 Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171526 Blog Mosaic, what Takuan said. We don't do that here. Put your URL in your personal profile. I've removed your URL from your comments in other threads, too. Blog Mosaic, what Takuan said. We don’t do that here. Put your URL in your personal profile.

I’ve removed your URL from your comments in other threads, too.

]]> By: Oren Beck http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171290 Oren Beck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171290 The basic Urea as feedstock concept is old news. Diverting hog urine poses some source redesign issues. As most hog confinement operations tend to be designed with zero solid/liquid isolation methods. I suspect getting clean urine not contaminated by other materials will be a non-trivial affair. And thence we go on to the antibiotic levels in factory farmed animals excreta. Ah, then perhaps we may have unexpected - Dare I say it- end results . Plastics being anti-microbial from several Mg/Kg of antibiotics in their feedstocks. The basic Urea as feedstock concept is old news.
Diverting hog urine poses some source redesign issues. As most hog confinement operations tend to be designed with zero solid/liquid isolation methods. I suspect getting clean urine not contaminated by other materials will be a non-trivial affair. And thence we go on to the antibiotic levels in factory farmed animals excreta.
Ah, then perhaps we may have unexpected – Dare I say it- end results . Plastics being anti-microbial from several Mg/Kg of antibiotics in their feedstocks.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-173394 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-173394 We should start interviewing for a triplet. We should start interviewing for a triplet.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171899 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171899 isn't it great? It's like being evil twins! isn’t it great? It’s like being evil twins!

]]> By: Argon http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171407 Argon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171407 Can't imagine why anyone would object. As long as no additional horses get diverted from beer production. Can’t imagine why anyone would object.

As long as no additional horses get diverted from beer production.

]]> By: hellhead http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171672 hellhead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171672 I alwasy associated 'flavor country' with being kinda farm related, cowboys and all that. No reason to think pig piss doesn't jibe with that. I alwasy associated ‘flavor country’ with being kinda farm related, cowboys and all that. No reason to think pig piss doesn’t jibe with that.

]]> By: bloggersmosaic http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171176 bloggersmosaic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171176 that's really kool that’s really kool

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171184 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171184 Bloggersmosaic, Stop including your web address in posts please. Bloggersmosaic,

Stop including your web address in posts please.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171187 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171187 having quit, yeah, pig piss WOULD enhance cigarette flavour having quit, yeah, pig piss WOULD enhance cigarette flavour

]]> By: martha_macarthur http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171443 martha_macarthur Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171443 I have concerns about the collection process. A lot of people were really excited about Premarin (a drug made up of conjugated estrogens obtained from the urine of pregnant mares) until they found out the cruel way it was procured. Perhaps they could put the animals up on grated floors with collection channels. I think the real focus should be what to do with the poop. Theres a good article about hog production in Rolling Stone by JEFF TIETZ from Dec 2006 called Boss Hog. I have concerns about the collection process. A lot of people were really excited about Premarin (a drug made up of conjugated estrogens obtained from the urine of pregnant mares) until they found out the cruel way it was procured.

Perhaps they could put the animals up on grated floors with collection channels. I think the real focus should be what to do with the poop.

Theres a good article about hog production in Rolling Stone by JEFF TIETZ from Dec 2006 called Boss Hog.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171197 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171197 Well, would it be Kosher? Or would toy companies now have to come up with pig plastic and non-pig plastic toys? Well, would it be Kosher? Or would toy companies now have to come up with pig plastic and non-pig plastic toys?

]]> By: Robbo http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171198 Robbo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171198 mmm - bacon cigarettes piggie ciggies mmmmm mmm – bacon cigarettes

piggie ciggies

mmmmm

]]> By: Riblets http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171204 Riblets Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171204 natural flavoring just got a new ingredient under it's wonderful all encompassing reach. natural flavoring just got a new ingredient under it’s wonderful all encompassing reach.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171213 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171213 I loves the little piggy http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l143/thepinupgirl/girandpig.jpg I loves the little piggy
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l143/thepinupgirl/girandpig.jpg

]]> By: noen http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171227 noen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171227 Definately not a "wonderful thing". Urea is urea isn't it? Why not human urine too? Then the cigarette companies could list all the pharmaceuticals as an added feature. Imagine, we could build our cities out of our own shit and piss. What a wonderful world that would be. Definately not a “wonderful thing”.

Urea is urea isn’t it? Why not human urine too? Then the cigarette companies could list all the pharmaceuticals as an added feature.

Imagine, we could build our cities out of our own shit and piss. What a wonderful world that would be.

]]> By: stickinsecthunter http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171238 stickinsecthunter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171238 When I was a kid my dad told me that when he learned at Siemens in Germany they had to drill holes in circuit boards and cut them to size. Whenever they would be doing that it would smell really bad and strongly like urine. Apparently those circuit boards were made out of cow's urine. When I was a kid my dad told me that when he learned at Siemens in Germany they had to drill holes in circuit boards and cut them to size. Whenever they would be doing that it would smell really bad and strongly like urine. Apparently those circuit boards were made out of cow’s urine.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171239 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171239 "It was the first organic compound to be artificially synthesized from inorganic starting materials, thus dispelling the concept of vitalism" figures “It was the first organic compound to be artificially synthesized from inorganic starting materials, thus dispelling the concept of vitalism”

figures

]]> By: flyingdutchman http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171245 flyingdutchman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171245 #9: Weird. I've been drilling holes in circuit boards (and cutting and grinding them too) for nearly thirty years, and I never came across any type of board material that would smell like urine. #9:
Weird. I’ve been drilling holes in circuit boards (and cutting and grinding them too) for nearly thirty years, and I never came across any type of board material that would smell like urine.

]]> By: Belac http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171255 Belac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171255 Jack, AFAIK the cigarettes wouldn't be kosher, but there's nothing wrong with pig-derived non-food products. Strict orthodox people wouldn't carry food in pig-derived plastic bags, or store it in pig-derived containers, though, I'd imagine. Jack,
AFAIK the cigarettes wouldn’t be kosher, but there’s nothing wrong with pig-derived non-food products. Strict orthodox people wouldn’t carry food in pig-derived plastic bags, or store it in pig-derived containers, though, I’d imagine.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/04/22/pig-piss-plastic.html#comment-171775 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-171775 Good lord, she can't even tell us apart anymore. Good lord, she can’t even tell us apart anymore.

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