To: SteveH
Not exactly a new idea. The two centuries old Voltaic pile would work just as well with urine as with brine.
21 posted on
05/07/2006 3:38:05 AM PDT by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
To: R. Scott
Not exactly a new idea. The two centuries old Voltaic pile would work just as well with urine as with brine.What they don't seem to get is the fact that the electrolyte (urine) is not what gets used up. It's the sacrificial metal (zinc in the old timey batteries) that is consumed.
39 posted on
05/07/2006 7:36:02 AM PDT by
capt. norm
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