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Toilet Paper? So Twentieth Century.

Paging through the September issue of Backpacker Magazine, "The Global Warming Issue", I came across all kinds of advertisements catering to the global warming hype. Gotta love capitalism at work!

One of them especially caught my eye (so much for not being affected by ads): an invention which helps "washowipe" your way to a greener planet. Kind of like a toilet bowl and a bidet in one. Yes, this toilet bowl "stream of water" allegedly helps reduce the toilet paper usage by 50%, saving 27 million trees, 1.5 billion gallons of oil and 15 trillion watts hr of energy.

What about saving water? They don't say.

However, a website testimonial says: "My wife and I use it daily. I frequently make out of town business trips. It is very difficult for me to use toilet paper during these trips." A.D. Palo Alto, California.

I saw something similar in China, I think. There was no toilet paper, just a stream of. water. Oh wait, that was actually urine. Now that I think about it, that was totally eco-friendly!

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