Pee power could fuel hydrogen cars

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Pee power could fuel hydrogen cars

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The Guardian - 09/03/11

The shower is well known as a source of good ideas. But the toilet? Equally promising, says Gerardine Botte, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Ohio University who has developed a technology to generate hydrogen fuel from urine.

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:roll: He's taking the piss. :D
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I dunno. Way easier for men than women, I'd say... :wink:
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TroubledTimes wrote:If fellas can't manage to hit a toilet bowl without flooding the bathroom floor, we are NEVER gonna get it in that little filler cap.
I can get it into a milk bottle, so apart from the embarrassment of doing it in public, I'm sure I could manage a fuel tank :lol:.
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Better to put the pee on the compost if you ask me:)
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Yes I can imagine the "filling stations" doing collections ;)
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