--- title: "2 Compost Quotes By Joseph C. Jenkins" description: "2 Compost quotes by Joseph C. Jenkins. Plus more from Joseph C. Jenkins and more Compost sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/joseph-c-jenkins-44879_compost_a-young-english-couple-was-visiting-with_758017.jpg" --- > [“A young English couple was visiting with me one summer after I had been composting humanure for about six years. One evening, as dinner was being prepared, the couple suddenly understood the horrible reality of their situation: the food they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-c-jenkins/a-young-english-couple-was-visiting-with-me-one-summer-after-i-had/) [Joseph C. Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-c-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/joseph-c-jenkins-44879_compost_a-young-english-couple-was-visiting-with_758017.jpg) > [“Thermophilic composting requires no electricity and therefore no coal combustion, no acid rain, no nuclear power plants, no nuclear waste, no petrochemicals and no consumption of fossil fuels. The composting process produces no waste, no pollutants and no toxic by-products.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-c-jenkins/thermophilic-composting-requires-no-electricity-and-therefore-no-coal/) [Joseph C. Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-c-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c3/joseph-c-jenkins-44879_acid-rain_thermophilic-composting-requires-no-elec_1915254.jpg) ## More by Joseph C. Jenkins > [“We line up and make a lot of noise about big environmental problems like incinerators, waste dumps, acid rain, global warming and pollution. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-c-jenkins/we-line-up-and-make-a-lot-of-noise-about-big-environmental-problems/) [Joseph C. Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-c-jenkins/) > [“The "old school" of wastewater treatment, still embraced by most government regulators and many academics, considers water to be a vehicle for the routine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-c-jenkins/the-old-school-of-wastewater-treatment-still-embraced-by-most/) [Joseph C. Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-c-jenkins/) > [“A young English couple was visiting with me one summer after I had been composting humanure for about six years. One evening, as dinner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-c-jenkins/a-young-english-couple-was-visiting-with-me-one-summer-after-i-had/) [Joseph C. Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-c-jenkins/) > [“Humans began to show their pathogenic potential toward the planet during the 1950s, ravenously devouring natural resources and discarding waste into the environment with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-c-jenkins/humans-began-to-show-their-pathogenic-potential-toward-the-planet/) [Joseph C. Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-c-jenkins/) > [“The world is divided into two categories of people: those who shit in drinking water and those who don't.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-c-jenkins/the-world-is-divided-into-two-categories-of-people-those-who-shit-in/) [Joseph C. Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-c-jenkins/) > [“When viewed at the next quantum level of perspective, from which the Earth is seen as an organism and humans are seen as microorganisms,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-c-jenkins/when-viewed-at-the-next-quantum-level-of-perspective-from-which-the/) [Joseph C. Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-c-jenkins/) > [“What did happen to Mars, anyway? Our next door neighbor, the Red Planet, apparently was once covered with flowing rivers. What happened to them?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-c-jenkins/what-did-happen-to-mars-anyway-our-next-door-neighbor-the-red-planet/) [Joseph C. Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-c-jenkins/) > [“Thermophilic composting requires no electricity and therefore no coal combustion, no acid rain, no nuclear power plants, no nuclear waste, no petrochemicals and no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-c-jenkins/thermophilic-composting-requires-no-electricity-and-therefore-no-coal/) [Joseph C. Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-c-jenkins/) > [“Suppose we humans are, as a species, exhibiting disease behavior: we’re multiplying with no regard for limits, consuming natural resources as if there will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-c-jenkins/suppose-we-humans-are-as-a-species-exhibiting-disease-behavior-we-re/) [Joseph C. Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-c-jenkins/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compost/joseph-c-jenkins/#itemlist", "name": "2 Compost Quotes By Joseph C. 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