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In a similar vein : urine into fuel https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=urine+fuel https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=urine+fuel Usually with a platinum catalyst
by SixSigma 10y ago
In a similar vein : urine into fuel
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=urine+fuel https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=urine+fuel
Usually with a platinum catalyst or something rare & expensive
"all we need to do is find a cheaper catalyst"
- ChuckMcM 10y agoThere has to be a science fiction story where the crew urinates on a platinum rich asteroid to generate enough fuel to get them out of some life threatening predicament.
- aedron 10y agoThis was actually how BMW created ultra-hardened combustion chambers. It was discovered that urinating on the engine block hardened the metal: http://www.autoevolution.com/news/turbocharged-engines-in-formula-one-18108.html http://www.autoevolution.com/news/turbocharged-engines-in-fo... Some of you might wonder how did the engine block resist to such immense detonation inside the combustion chamber. This may not be the answer you were looking for – and most of you might not believe it – but it seems BMW was in fact using seasoned inline 4 cylinder blocks – picked up from several junkyards – for their F1 operations. The interesting part about it was that the blocks were kept out in the cold and urinated upon in order to strengthen their composition.