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The world's oldest termite mound is 34,000 years and counting
(www.nytimes.com)
Imma pee on it
Humanity, everybody!
Termites are masterful soil engineers capable of erecting cathedral-like edifices out of dirt, saliva and feces. To create and maintain their homes, they become miners, masons, scaffolders, plasterers and roofers. Working together, they don’t just build simple nests; they install air-conditioning, central heating and even security devices.
I have:
Dirt, saliva and feces.
I can imagine being able to create some effective security devices, using these resources. I just can't find a way to even start a sketch for central heating, leave alone air-conditioning.
Don't be hard on yourself, I am sure you could build a thermosiphon passive air conditioning system with your feces!
Time for a revolution!!
Incredible actually.
No, the termites won't stow away our carbon. We emit too much of it.
this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2024
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