Subject: Self-purification of the lotus plant???

From: Matthias <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 00:20:36 +0200

Hi there,

is there anybody who has ever heard or read about the special
self-purification of the lotus plant?
Maybe you know some sort of use in the industry, e.g. carpaints that
clean themselves or something like that?
I'm looking for literature, newspaper articles, addresses, other
examples or only a tip whom I could talk to.
I've already asked 1,000 people but nobody has an idea.

Bye, Matthias

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From: Uncle Al Schwartz <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 08:15:22 -0700

> I've already asked 1,000 people but nobody has an idea.

Oooh... self-purification of the lotus plant!  Why do we never 
hear anything about self-purification of crabgrass or pigweed?

Perhaps you should look up the mechanism of self-cleaning ovens.  
There is little romance about it, but lots of difficult 
technology.

When you visit the Tooth Faery's Castle beware:  None of the 
rooms have floors.

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From: Dave Faust <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 16:08:30 GMT

==========Matthias, 6/24/96==========

>self-purification of the lotus plant?

I run mine at 80 MPH in 3rd gear to clean the carbon out.
It won't do that on its own.

#65/2560

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From: [email-masked] (Dave Gerty)
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 13:23:29 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> Uncle Al Schwartz <[email-masked]> writes:
>From: Uncle Al Schwartz <[email-masked]>
>Subject: Re: Self-purification of the lotus plant???
>Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 08:15:22 -0700

>hear anything about self-purification of crabgrass or pigweed?
snip
>Alan "Uncle Al" Schwartz

Be nice Al.  The question is worded in a way that steers you away from the 
answer, but may be sincere.  

There has been work done on removing pollutants from water with water hyacinth 
and water lettuce.  Why not lotus?  In keeping with the symbolism of the 
lotus, start with the New Alchemy Institute, somewhere on Cape Cod in MA.  
Next try Disney World, Epcott, the Land exhibit.  Then there is Biosphere, the 
bogus greenhouse in the desert thing.  They all have done serious work in the 
area.

As for getting the pollutants to clean themselves, forget it.  The plant thing 
depends on scrubbers to remove the crap from the air and diluting it to the 
point where the plants can handle the load.  The plants do a very good job.
Dave

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From: Chuck <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 12:04:16 -0500

> point where the plants can handle the load.  The plants do a very good job.

Red somewhere that Horseradish was a good plant to cleanse water from polluted sources.

Art