Ever Heard Of A Horseshit Shower?

As the big pile of manure is decomposing it creats heat-ALOT of heat-If you take copper tubing and wrap it in circles then put the crap over it; then run cold water through the tubing; it gets hot-The water can be stored in a storage tank of some kind and kept hot with a small fire--it works!

 

Yea I have read about such things. Running it though compost works as well.

 

There is alot of energy going to waste when that stuff is breaking down-I say" Harness the Horseshit!"-That will be my campaign slogan when I run for president-

 

Can't you just use the tank/fire to heat it instead? Save the HS for the garden!

 

Well then your defeating the purpose-To burn enough wood for a ten minute shower would take alot of wood-not nice on the trees-horeshit is free and it's a bi-product-The fire for the water storage need only be a small one just to keep warm-not running constantly-If the water is left in the tubing it will remain hot-then after the manure has cooled-toss it in the garden-

 

That manure will boil water-It gets very hot-you can see the steam rising from it and yes those showers work-

 

I've got an old Mother Earth News from the late 70s. Some french guy had some BIG compost piles, and had copper tubing coils in the middle of them, said his water heating and air heating (he had some sort of diffuser) had been free for several winters, and it got cold where he was at.

 

Yes-I have never built one myself but I have known people that did-They do work-when electricty is not there it can give you a nice shower in the winter-I lived on a commune and only took cold showers for a year-no more!-brrrr

 

Horseshit is a poweful explosive. The IRA used it to blow Liverpool Street up.
They used about two ton of it.

And thats no bullshit !

 

How long does the pile produce heat ?

 

That's got to work better than the little raggedy-ass electric hot water heater I've got in my house.....anything for a nice, hot shower.....:shower:

 

I really don't know-I have seen steam rising for days and days from piles-I suppose it would depend on the mix-I personelly have never built one but had friends on a commune that did-I would ask a farmer-or anyone with livestock-

 

Growing up with horses, I can say that this is not too far fetched. I've heard of manure being used in cold frames to keep plants warm, as someone already mentioned.

To burn wood, coal, or even methane fromt he manure would create carbon dioxide. I'm not sure if carbon dioxide is created as the manure breaks down on its own.