Posted on 05/14/2011 12:07:08 PM PDT by mandaladon
ATHENS, Ohio - Researchers at Ohio University are studying a new energy source you can produce yourself. They’re studying the power of pee.
It’s something everyone does, every day. 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.
To break it down, if you could collect the urine from all 24,000 students at Ohio University, you could power 60 buildings every day.
Researchers say there is still a lot of work to be done, but there are some applications of this new technology that could start paying off for businesses very soon.
Until then, our “number one” power source will just keep going down the drain.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcactionnews.com ...
Urine has a lot of nitrates in it. During the Civil War Southern ladies donated theirs to have the nitrate distilled from it to make gunpowder.
I swear FR is the most educational website ever.
I’ve always thought there could be a use for urine. There’s so much of it, and it’s so rich in organic compounds.
The logistics of dealing with it seem impractical though.
In colonial times, the runoff of stables and outhouse were collected. John Adams sent letters to his wife asking the ladies to make gunpowder. I am descended from a woman who was arrested for running guns and ammo during the revolution.
http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/foxfire5.html
A South African pig farmer, John Fry, used a bio-digester to convert his pig manure into methane gas which he used to fuel his Diesel electric generator. This was back in the 1970’s.
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/MethaneDigesters/MDToC.html
Explosive pee???
It's a foundation ingredient for an explosive.
AFRL has demonstrated the ability to make fuel from grass, flowers, biomass—just about anything. They’ve already done it.
Yup. Seems you can distill the nitrate of of pee and BANG!! It blows up. Don’t that beat all?
LOL. I was tempted to write the french version, but chickened out. Speaking of chickens, get chickens, they'll mow your lawn right down to the dirt.
I'm also gathering the dandelions. Plan to make some wine, for the first time. Should be an experience. I'm wondering if one can make crabgrass wine.
Don't give TSA any ideas. After the groping we'll have to P in a cup.
But I can tell ya - dandelion wine is some of the finest white wine you'll ever have.
as to chickens - I wish I could have a laying flock. Unfortunately, I ‘inherited’ my son's dog “for a little while” 2 years ago. And his run let's him reach too much of the yard.
God Bless you Madame. That is a family history to be proud of for sure!
It’s why I keep coming. Here’s one for you: Teacher: “Johnny, give me two pronouns. Johnny: “Who, me?’’ :-)
Same here, two hours max. LOL
Thanks, I’ll check it out. And good people, one of these days I’ll figure out how to post in paragraphs.
“Doc, you think you gave Mrs Smith too much Lasix?”
Why should breweries be the exception to zer0’s destruction of American businesses?
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