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Subject: [OM] Re: Eco disaster
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 19:54:26 +1000
Clearly you've forgotten my explanation of this mystery -
http://www.pbase.com/afildes/on_farting
Methane is 'icky' 'cos where it comes from - decay and all that. Much  
easier to get people involved in CO2 than swamp gas.

Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



On 01/09/2007, at 3:54 PM, Jan Steinman wrote:

> What makes it icky? It's odorless.
>
> Methinks you're thinking of H2S, which, as I recall my high school
> chemistry teacher putting it, smells like "bottled farts."
>
> And on that topic, have you ever wondered why your own farts don't
> smell as bad as other people's? Try farting in a jar, then going back
> and smelling it a week later.



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