| Toilet Seat Saves World: Makes Poo Smell Good |
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| Energy Tech - Future Energy |
| Tuesday, 02 September 2008 05:23 |
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I bet you didn"t know that there was such a thing as a "luxurious toilet seat" but Brondell makes them. And now, with a built-in Bidet and warm-air dryer, Brondell is hoping the whole world will stop with all that messy paper, and use their patented Three Seashells...wait, nevermind. In general, anything that goes from not having a plug (your toilet seat) to having a plug (your toilet seat with a built-in air, water and seat heater) doesn"t fit into the green technology category. Nor does anything that the average person will absolutely refuse to use or not be able to afford (like a $500 toilet seat.) I couldn"t find a price on Brondell"s EcoSeat, but their other luxury models range up to more than $900. One of them, apparently provides a "more comfortable bathroom experience" by fragging nasty odors with an M-16 loaded with citrus, eucalyptus or rain-forest scented bullets. I don"t know...I"m just making stuff up now. But if you want to go to their site, it"s at Brondell.com. |
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Toilet Seat Saves World: Makes Poo Smell Good Did I really just get an email about an green-tech toilet seat? Hmmm... I think I either need to quit this job or make fun of this thing really quickly. Oh...which shall I choose. I bet you didn"t know that... Read more Future Energy | | TUSEDAY, 2 September 2008 |
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