London - A bus operator in Britain is road-testing sheep urine as a way of reducing pollution, The Guardian newspaper reported on Friday. Stagecoach has fitted a tank to a bus in Winchester, southern England, which sprays urine into the exhaust fumes to reduce nitrous oxide emissions. The radical plan is not just woolly thinking, explained Andrew Dyer, managing director of Stagecoach South. "It is a novel way of reducing pollution, but we believe it will work," he said. >> Read More
There's a mention of using urea (synthetic, or derived from uh, animal pee) to reduce NOx emissions in some diesel automobiles in this month's Road and Track magazine. One idea was to ship the car from the factory with a tank of concentrated urea, but it would require the user to refill it periodically. Most owners probably wouldn't refill the tank, and their car would then begin to emit excess NOx, so the author didn't think this idea would ever be incorporated into a production vehicle.
Currently, the Urea tank is part of the Mercedes system that they say will meet US emissions requirements. I don't know of anyone who has guaranteed they can meet the new requirements without one. So, I guess you go into the filling station and don't necessarily have to visit the rest room. But what if you put the wrong liquids in the wrong tanks? I hope they're clearly labeled!
i don't know if i want to follow too close to these urine emitting cars in my clean prius... " hey.. what's that mist? " :wink:
Peepee jokes aside, this is a serious solution to diesel emissions. It works but unfortunately can't be used in all climates, especially very cold climates.
it's good... true.. but seeing that diesel will eventually run out just like normal gasoline, they should be testing it on some form of biodiesel. Plus.. how practical is it to have this type of device? It's not. That's the problem. It would be like putting an ionic breeze in your air system. cool.. cleaner air.. but you have to maintain it a lot. I do see your point though.. in some form. If they find what chemical it is, they can add it into a catalytic converter. It's already been proven that if you use biodiesel, you can use catalytic converts. Add that chemical to the catalytic converter and pollution levels down down a little more. the current concept is still silly. I guess all concepts are at first.
I can see it now. You pull in to a gas station, pull it out and fill the gas tank while emptying your tank at the same time. What a pretty visual :mrgreen:
well... it is quite an easy task to buy urea powder through any biotech company. rather than publicly filling your urea tank... :mrgreen:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee\";p=\"97790)</div> Oh now, what's the fun in that. You could take your car to the local watering hole and help out the folks in the long restroom lines by letting them pee in your car. (Of course, you would have to tell them where).
[/quote] Oh now, what's the fun in that. You could take your car to the local watering hole and help out the folks in the long restroom lines by letting them pee in your car. (Of course, you would have to tell them where). [/quote] While I don't often LOL over posts or bathroom stuff that scene tickled my funny bone. Gary
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