Let’s be honest: the ability to quickly convert human waste into safe and sanitary drinking water could bring enormous health benefits to much of the world’s population and save countless lives — but isn’t it more satisfying to imagine that multibillionaire Bill Gates has been reduced to drinking the water out of your toilet?
From your toilet to my glass…I got to taste water made from human waste: http://t.co/S4o8pD7Eu3
— Bill Gates (@BillGates) January 6, 2015
@andrewkueneman @BillGates i like that billionaires are drinking my pee! takes some of the sting out of that income inequality
— Seth Carlson (@sethcarlson) January 6, 2015
Exactly.
Income inequality Is CRAZY. RT @BillGates: From your toilet to my glass.I got to taste water made from human waste: http://t.co/qDmjGLvL9F
— Scott San Filippo (@scottopia) January 6, 2015
@BillGates love you much Bill! Now let's watch Water World together!
— Jun (@tofuprod) January 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/DizzyC22/status/552610529332957185
https://twitter.com/steveaustin36/status/552610711948754944
@BillGates You're so like an astronaut!
— ???? ????? (@marknoble) January 6, 2015
@BillGates @MaddowBlog Incredible.
— joseph stokesbary (@josephstokesbar) January 6, 2015
@BillGates I would try it for 1 million #Maybe
— TRUMP ROCKS USA 2020 (@Detrocker2264) January 6, 2015
@BillGates hmmm ok can't resist asking… So how was it ?
— Padmasree (@Padmasree) January 6, 2015
@BillGates @Hamilton_Info I bet it taste like s**t ?
— R?️©️KY⚽️?? (@123inger) January 6, 2015
@BillGates Other than special situations (i.e. space travel), does it have any practical use?
— Lubor Ptacek (@LuborP) January 6, 2015
@BillGates sounds like you're really enjoying retirement
— Techinsidr (@techinsidr) January 6, 2015
.@billgates Out of mason jar. That's so hip.
— Cory’s great and unmatched wisdom (@corypina) January 6, 2015
@BillGates Does that conclude your bucket list? Haha
— Danny (@DannyJI) January 6, 2015
.@BillGates Isn't that a waste of resources when urine & feces both upcycle so well for w/ so little energy re-vested, for agricultural use?
— nina eleanor alter (@ninavizz) January 6, 2015
Can we just let the man enjoy his toilet water in peace?
https://twitter.com/LRD90/status/552614968760467456
@BeckyQuick @BillGates Science or not, I think I'd pass… 🙂
— Mandy's Mounds ? (@MandysMounds) January 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/BellaJanella/status/552618187104468992
@BillGates Was it everything you expected it to be? Doesn't sound too appetizing.
— Brent Day (@odditiesinfocus) January 7, 2015
New meaning to "filthy rich" RT @BillGates: From your toilet to my glass…I got to taste water made from human waste http://t.co/2PrDUnadT6
— Ryan McCaffrey (@DMC_Ryan) January 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/championchap/status/552628275122831360
We’ll forward that to the marketing people right away.
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