The Power Of Pee
Some years ago, as a result of a dispute about the price of water being sold to us by Malaysia, Singapore embarked on a bold and "innovative" project to become self-sufficient when it came to our water supply. The project, named "Newater", took waste water from homes (toilets??) and sent it through a stringent and complicated process to produce clean and healthy drinking water again.
I have no doubt that the process is infallible but I sometimes cringe at the thought that I might be drinking water that originally came out of someone else. *yucks*
I have no doubt that the process is infallible but I sometimes cringe at the thought that I might be drinking water that originally came out of someone else. *yucks*
Looks like we've found another use for pee. A pee-filled battery has been tested and can churn out 1.5volts, that's equivalent to one dry-cell battery (think its called a dry-cell because there's no pee or other bodily fluids in it!!), for a full 90 minutes. Who knew that pee could generate that much... er... juice? (no pun intended)
Now, all we need to do is to make a pee-powered car. That'll give the world a good excuse to drink and drive.
4 comments:
ok EW
no seriously EW EW EW
pee?
r they serious?
who the hell thought of that in the first place!
let me see if my pee generates electricity... whos brain functions like that
LOL @ eshda3wa's commment :D
seriously yo...what are they thinking....pee...is that even healthy...like in the long term (considering the short term is fine!!)
I think Canada should ship you guys its snow...snow is a pure source of water...and we have way too much of it here and when it melts it makes the ground soooo mushy
battery powered by pee...now thats okay..that great...biodigradable urine :D
but i gotta say...at least you guys are thinking of all ways and directions to solve ur water problem
props to you :D
hi eshda3wa,
lol... actually, that was written tongue-in-cheek. the process is pretty stringent and is an internationally recognised way of reusing waste water. its the thought of it that makes it yucky! ;p
i remember back in school, we could generate electricty from lemons. try drinking more lemon juice. ;)
i'd love to live in a place where there's snow, ghasheema. i've never experienced snow myself but the thought of being around it all the time is nice. singapore is way too hot. :(
and yes... canada is most welcome to ship snow to us... or to me anyway. ;)
battery powered by pee is ok? you do know that batteries do tend to leak, don't you? ;p ok, its better than drinking it. :D
and finally, the utilities authority in singapore thanks you for your appreciation of their efforts. ;)
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