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kanga
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#1 Posted: Thu Aug 19th, 2010 02:18 pm |
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Next time you ue the loo think about this.
GOING to the bathroom could one day be profitable, a research team in Scotland that is studying urine for its potential to create low-cost energy said.
Doctors at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh were given a £130,000 ($225,000) grant to develop a system that offers an alternative to flammable hydrogen or toxic methanol.
The Carbamide Power System, which runs on urine component urea, offers a non-toxic, low-cost, easily transportable fuel alternative.
Research leader Dr Shanwen Tao hopes that in the future, the new system will help power submarines and generate electricity in isolated or remote areas such as deserts and islands.
"Growing up in rural eastern China, I was aware of the use of urea as an agricultural fertilizer. When I became a chemist and was looking at fuel cell development, I thought of using it in the process," Dr Tao said.
He added, "We are only at prototype stage at present, but if this renewable material can be used as a commercially viable and environmentally friendly energy source, then we will be absolutely delighted, and many people around the world will benefit."
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#2 Posted: Thu Aug 19th, 2010 02:21 pm |
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sounds like a crock of  too me..
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kanga
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#3 Posted: Thu Aug 19th, 2010 02:27 pm |
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No this is not number two we are talking about but number one
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#4 Posted: Thu Aug 19th, 2010 04:16 pm |
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kanga wrote:
No this is not number two we are talking about but number one
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#5 Posted: Thu Aug 26th, 2010 01:50 pm |
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| Thats off
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