Have you ever marvel which technical school billionaire thinks the most about pooping ? Well , reflect no further . It ’s Bill Gates .
On Tuesday , the Microsoft co - founder flexed his panache for theatrics by wave a jolt of human faecal matter in front of a amazed Beijing crowd . The idea was to plain off a three - dayReinvented Toilet Expoto barrack the crappers of the future .
But , you ask , what about those superhigh - tech Japanese toilets ? You know , the ones that warm up your seat , fritter water up your seat , and get with fart - masking good manners noises . Or evenChina ’s wifi - enable public toiletsreplete with automated teller , battery charger , and personal TVs . Well , Gates has a unlike imaginativeness for what wise privy should search like : He thinks they should be waterless .
Why ? germ . Water carries pot and stacks of virus , parasites , and germs . During his speech , Gates said the poop jarful on level could be home to as many as “ 200 trillion rotavirus , 20 billion shigella bacterium , and 100,000 parasitic worm egg . ” But do n’t take it from me . allow the man himself give you a masterclass on toilets . Coinciding with the event , Gates nip a detailed television all about poop and the indigence for clean sanitisation .
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Since 2011 , Bill and Melinda Gates have donate $ 200 million toward developing waterless toilets through theGates Foundation . The idea is to build a toilet that can operate without water , cloaca , or electrical lines , bump off germs from human waste , and costs less than five cent a mean solar day to use . He draw a compelling display case . According to theWorld Health Organization , at least 2 billion people drink water from shit - contaminate sources , and they definitely ca n’t afford to poop in luxury . Those fancy Asian toilets ? Installing one in the U.S. can define you back anywhere between$600-$1,700 .
“ I have to say , a ten ago I never imagined that I ’d know so much about poop , ” Gatessaid to the Reinvented Toilet Expo crowd . But the jig is up , Bill . The truth is , Microsoft ’s founder is no stranger to public shit - refer stunts . In 2015 , hedrank distill H2O made from human BM to march clean piddle technology for the developing world . Glad Gates has full confidence in technology he ’s bankroll , but … . blerch . You do you , Bill . You do you .
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