Waste Not Want Not 

     
     Well, North Korea has hit a new low. Their esteemed leader Kim Jong-Un has decreed that each family must produce and donate eight tons of feces to be used by the farmers to increase production. 
     The rulers of the country are, of course, exempt from this requirement, probably having to do with their feces not being of a quality that would do the fields any good. 
     The general population is having a hard time meeting their quotes. The fact that many of them are on a near starvation diet may be playing a counter-productive role in this scheme. People, in order to meet the quotas, are raiding public toilets to make up any deficiencies in quantities. This raiding of public toilets has led to violence as there is limited supply. 
     People are also mixing their feces with dirt and other substances, like coal, in order to bulk up their contributions. 
     The few families who have more than they need are selling their surplus. The process seems to be that each family spreads their feces on the ground round their houses or wherever their living so that the product can dry. You can imagine the insects this raw sewage attracts. 
     A whole industry has sprung up. Feces merchants are selling product to those families who are coming up short with their output. If South Korea has half a brain they will be shipping poop across the DMZ by the tanker truck load. 
     The number of health hazards this program guarantees boggles the mind. Of course, Kim Jong-Un is removed far enough away from these hazards that they are not a worry to him. 
     This seems like a golden opportunity for some of our large port cities where solid waste disposal is a huge and costly undertaking. Why not just pump a tanker full of solid waste and ship it to North Korea. They could save money by not having to process this sewage and at the same time develop a new revenue stream or possibly lower the sewage bills of their citizens.
     Another plus is that this could be put forward as a humanitarian donation. Maybe even tax deductible. Then again maybe not, especially if receipts were required. 
     The business opportunities should be numerous especially if these port cities can find other countries that are equally as dum… I mean open to using human feces to help grow their crops. And just think of the cute market slogans. The possibilities would be nearly endless, none of which I’ll suggest here, being a rather sensitive and reticent person.