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odkinMay 14, 2011
While this may solve the problem of Acid Rain, I hope it doesn't result in Golden Showers.
Closed AccountMay 14, 2011
Win.
kasha34May 14, 2011
Urine for a big surprise....
dieslowfacebookMay 14, 2011
Urine oying...
Closed AccountMay 14, 2011
There are no puns bladder than these.
dieslowfacebookMay 14, 2011
so that's what urine plying?
Closed AccountMay 14, 2011
I won't a pee -zyou.
neonevermoreMay 15, 2011
I can't understand you 'cause European.
odkinMay 14, 2011
Would you two please knock off this pissing contest?
Closed AccountMay 14, 2011
What are you talking about? We are fine specimens!
odkinMay 14, 2011
You're a real whiz at this.
Closed AccountMay 14, 2011
I personally think this is yellow journalism.
odkinMay 15, 2011
That's my Number One complaint too
kasha34May 14, 2011
Good stuff! And punny.
langfordMay 14, 2011
How far could I drive after processing a 66oz super gulp?
Closed AccountMay 14, 2011
To the next 7/11.
linageeMay 15, 2011
3 feet. Cars use an enormous amount of energy.
redstringMay 14, 2011
Wow, I better start bottling and saving my precious bodily fluids!
vodka357May 14, 2011
Piss on that idea.
fhm316May 14, 2011
WTF! now we gonna use our cars as a toilet :P
shishmanovMay 15, 2011
Does this mean we'll also be having piss-stations?
skinturtleMay 15, 2011
This pisses me right off.
irukaMay 15, 2011
I guess we can't be taking the piss off this one then? LOL
trafficbeastsMay 14, 2011
I see what your doing there with the title...
laurahoustonMay 14, 2011
Energy from urine. What a Beer company- Superbowl ad this will make.
chrisekMay 14, 2011
Rotfl, where did you digg this story up? :)
Closed AccountMay 14, 2011
For better mileage, eat asparagus.
Closed AccountMay 14, 2011
If we can find a way to harness Obama's s**t we'd never have to worry about energy ever again !!!
lurchermanMay 14, 2011
ROFLMAO :-)
dieslowfacebookMay 14, 2011
Partisan bulls**t might work too.
Closed AccountMay 14, 2011
It's only funny the first time.
anub1sMay 15, 2011
You're just sore because he called you on your bulls**t.
Closed AccountMay 15, 2011
No. It's just not funny when it's not original. Just looks lame.
ryanokcMay 15, 2011
Why are they using pee for power... there are already water powered cars.
animalMay 15, 2011
I don't think urea is free hydrogen, it would still have to be extracted somehow. Whether such a process would be more efficient than getting hydrogen from water I don't know. Urea already has many uses from what I can tell browsing a few sites, so why isn't our pee being captured already? I think it might probably have to do with the fact that capturing it out of what is actually mostly water in any of millions and millions of 'deposit' sites seems like a tall order and probably way too much work than current methods of creating it.
worldgate989May 15, 2011
Uhm no officer, im not urinating in public, im refilling my care... honest!
rjoplingMay 14, 2011
i know that biodiesel smells like the used oil it comes from so would that mean the emissions would smell like burning piss? kind of a buzz killer for me.
UncleTogieMay 14, 2011
Poor reporter flunked basic chemistry with this quote:
"Even though urine is nearly 99 percent water, there is a lot of hydrogen in the remaining one percent from an organic compound called urea."
Uh, there was a lot of hydrogen in the water as well, bucko... In fact, *so* much hydrogen that it outnumbered the oxygen in the water by a 2-1 ratio.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
barackalypseMay 14, 2011
I'm going to take a guess that the math of this works out to be trivial amount of energy, lets see:
Average adult produces 1-2 L of urine a day.
The article says nearly 99% is water, so we'll be nice and say 2% is hydrogen:
That means an adult pees 0.04 L of hydrogen a day.
Liquid hydrogen has 9.3 MJ/L so you're peeing 0.372 MJ a day. Gasoline has 34.8 MJ/L so you're peeing the energy equivalent of 10 ml of gasoline per day (a 12 ounce can of pop is 355 ml)
Yup, just as I suspected, exceedingly trivial.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_efficiencyComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
barackalypseMay 14, 2011
And I just realized they're actually just electrolysing the pee, so they'll end up recovering hydrogen from the water too. This is why crappy articles about this stuff are infuriating, they distort the science.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.