Hi Helen
I'm also a newbie - so just thought I'd welcome you too. Read your first posting - sounds like you've got a really cool set-up over there... and if all my National Geographic mags and DVD's are anything to go by - you guys have the most beautiful birds and landscapes I've ever seen in my life! My personal present favourite being the 'La' (not sure how to spell it...) - they apparently imitate absolutely anything and everything they hear!
As for your website... well! I'm gobsmacked! Not sure if we're not meant to mention it here (seen that nobody else has mentioned it yet...), but considering that (about...?) half the human population is female... and that I'm one - I'm SUPER impressed! ...or is it just ignorant
? I've never ever heard of anything like it! WOW! If it's just me being ignorant and your product is well-known, please excuse me... but I've never considered the environmental impact that feminine hygiene products could create... and I've never considered the alternatives since I've never heard of them! We had a braai at my house over the weekend and I mentioned your site to the ladies present - partly because I felt a bit stupid ...but nobody else had ever heard of them either! So it's not just me! ...it's a South African 'thing' - we're always so behind! How long has your product been in existence, and how has it taken off over there?
As for you 'loo' idea - cool! Have you considered reading more about methane energy production? Initially it sounds quite complicated - you land up being under the impression that you need all sorts of weird apparatus - but the simpler, the better. The previous house we lived in, we created an outdoor braai (grill/barbecue... potato/patato!). Methane basically is - human or animal waste (also some plant wastes... eg. rice) subjected to a natural process of fermentation with air and water, and whammo... you have methane! It rises of it's own accord and is odourless... and by actually using the methane and not allowing it to escape into the atmosphere, you're actually doing a really good thing! Methane is one of the major 'hot-house' gases! Collect the waste, introduce air via one external pipe (positioned as low to the level as possible), add more liquid (wee or water...) and wait for the methane to collect. Connect another pipe as high to your container as possible (you need to keep that pipe closed until you need it) and Bob's your uncle! In summer we used it quite often - about 2 - 3 times per week, and in winter, when it's too cold to braai, we used to release the gas every now and then - obviously burning it as it escaped.
That's a simple set-up... but I've read of some really cool set-ups where they actually generate energy from the fumes. Obviously they have more refuse
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Anyway, that's enough from me for now... hope I haven't bored you to tears or offended anyone
! Cheers for now!
Bridgette
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Helen 
