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2009-10-15 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Gore's next ride: The car that uses urine to save the planet

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Posted by gorb 2009-10-15 01:38|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 liquid similar to human urine to reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx). The compound, called AdBlue, is a mixture of roughly one-third pure urea and two-thirds demineralised water.

If you were p1ssing one third pure urea, you'd need to book yourself into a dialysis clinic, because your kidneys are about to be wrecked.

Otherwise, natural gas powered vehicles have zero nitrogen emissions.

Posted by phil_b 2009-10-15 02:58|| 2009-10-15 02:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Ummm, A "particulate Filter" will have to be changed regularly, adding to high maintenance costs now.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-10-15 05:56|| 2009-10-15 05:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Shouldn't it read AddYellow instead of AdBlue ?

If memory serves, if you have blue urine, its acute porphyria, a signal of several metobolic systems are malfunctioning, including the liver.

Posted by Glairong McCoy7346 2009-10-15 06:00|| 2009-10-15 06:00|| Front Page Top

#4 *happy sigh* I do love Rantburg!

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-10-15 07:21|| 2009-10-15 07:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Urine? If someone designed a car that ran on bullsh*t - well now, that would be something!

Posted by GORT 2009-10-15 07:21|| 2009-10-15 07:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Dude, that's wicked pissah..

Posted by Raj 2009-10-15 07:58|| 2009-10-15 07:58|| Front Page Top

#7 The 15.5-litre tank is a mixture of roughly one-third pure urea and two-thirds demineralised water and costs about $140 a refill

Urea costs $0.15/lb. That comes out to $2.00 for the 13 lbs required. I suspect a substantial markup. And the car is likely to smell like a used kitty litter or Al Gore after a bender.

Posted by ed 2009-10-15 09:13|| 2009-10-15 09:13|| Front Page Top

#8 I think that owners would sonn be pissed about their car.

Sorry couldn't resist.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2009-10-15 12:28|| 2009-10-15 12:28|| Front Page Top

#9 According to most people I know, and I only have to defer to their expert opinion, I'm a big bag of low quality meat, filled with fat, and, yes, full of piss. So, this means... I could become a major energy source! Acceptance! Recognition! Yeah! I love technology.

Posted by anonymous5089 2009-10-15 16:06|| 2009-10-15 16:06|| Front Page Top

#10 So if someone said "piss-off" it would have a literal meaning. Just hop in the Pissmobile and take off.

Posted by JohnQC 2009-10-15 16:06|| 2009-10-15 16:06|| Front Page Top

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