Fake Snow Made From Poop: Great Idea or Totally Gross?

I'd rather be longboarding...

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MOTHER JONES January 21, 2013   THIS WEEK'S ECONUNDRUM Fake Snow Made From Poop: Great Idea or Totally Gross? The Arizona Snowbowl, a ski resort outside Flagstaff, is poised to become the first to make all of its artificial snow from reclaimed sewage water. In wetter regions, resorts often get that water from nearby lakes or rivers, "but we simply don't have those resources," says resort general manager JR Murray. So Snowbowl intends to pump as much as 1.5 million gallons of reclaimed water each day from a source roughly 15 miles away. So is "poop and pee snow," as one ski blog called it, as gross as it sounds? And is a day on the slopes really worth all that water-hauling? [READ MORE]     MORE ENVIRONMENTAL & HEALTH COVERAGE Whole Foods CEO Welcomes Climate Change, Warns of Fascism "Ethical vegan" John Mackey dishes on Obamacare, labor unions, and government meddling. [READ MORE] The Way Green Groups Are Swooning, You'd Think Ed Markey Is Justin Bieber Environmental advocates are über-enthusiastic about Rep. Ed Markey's bid for John Kerry's Senate seat in Massachusetts. [READ MORE]	MOST ACTIVE DISCUSSION Is PTSD Contagious? It's rampant among returning vets—and now their spouses and kids are starting to show the same symptoms. [READ MORE]     MORE FROM MOJO Chart: The Black Triangle Suffocating Beijing The problem is cars—but it's also power plants. [READ MORE]   ADVERTISEMENT We give money to Psychopaths. Award Winning author Joel Bakan's brilliantly argued account offers a revolutionary assessment of the corporation as an economic institution created by law to function much like a psychopathic personality whose destructive behavior can lead to scandal and ruin.   Become a fan of Econundrums on Facebook.   Read the Blue Marble
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