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Will Your Heating Oil Be Replaced By Urine In The Future

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

You may never have considered that there could be a possibility that you may have to use urine in the future instead of heating oil. This idea may sound absolutely revolting to you and you may think that it is a joke or even April Fools Day. Well, as funny as it sounds, it really could be that urine might be the solution to our future home heating needs. And believe it or not there are already tests being carried out in the United States in Ohio to see if they can turn cow urine into a type of biofuel. And there is no reason why they would not be able to use human urine if it works with cow urine.

 

So how could urine possibly replace home heating oil?

 

Well you have heard of hydrogen power haven’t you? The ability to turn hydrogen into a reliable fuel source has been the dream for years. One of the most widely available gases in the universe is hydrogen. This is a very reactive atom which also means that it can easily produce energy. As you might remember from school water is made up of 2 hydrogen and one oxygen atom. You have probably also noticed that your urine is mostly made up of water. So in theory, urine could in fact create energy which would eliminate the need for heating oil.

 

‘Why bother at all?’ might be one question you are now asking yourself. Especially since there is so much water in the UK and there is not much chance of there being a drought. What is the point of trying to create energy from urine. Because it can be quite expensive to get rid of urine it makes sense to try to use it some other way. You can actually kill two birds with one stone by turning urine into energy.

 

Heating ones home in the cold months of winter can cost a fair packet. Electricity and gas prices are very high and show no signs of coming down any time soon. Savvy people are changing over to oil as a home fuel though. Heating oil suppliers are the people tasked with keeping home oil tanks full. Heating oil suppliers are found countrywide and can, as an example, supply heating oil Tewkesbury.

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biofuel from algae

Friday, May 28th, 2010
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:33:15 GMT

Neeri, Purti to test industrial production of biofuel from algae - Times of India


Neeri, Purti to test industrial production of biofuel from algae
Times of India
NAGPUR: Moving one step ahead in the development of a technology to produce biodiesel from algae, the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri) is now planning to scale up the technology to industrial scale in collaboration with ...

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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:23:03 GMT

OriginOil Creates New Green Jobs in Mexico, US - CleanTechnica


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OriginOil Creates New Green Jobs in Mexico, US
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By Tina Casey On February 4, 2012 — Leave a Comment The algae biofuel company OriginOil is starting to rev into commercial production and that could mean good news for green jobs in the US – and good news for the US Navy, too.
Algae Producer Aquaviridis and OriginOil Announce Joint Commercial AgreementBusiness Wire (press release)

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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:03:19 GMT

Microbubbles Could Boost Algae Biofuel Harvest - EarthTechling


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Microbubbles Could Boost Algae Biofuel Harvest
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by Kristy Hessman, February 3rd, 2012 But now scientists in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Sheffield believe they have found a cost-effective and energy-efficient way to harvest algae for biofuels.
UK researcher develops microbubble algae dewatering systemBiodiesel Magazine
Microbubble technology improves algae harvestingFIS

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:35:19 GMT

Microbubbles set to make algae harvesting easier - BioEnergy News


Microbubbles set to make algae harvesting easier
BioEnergy News
A new technology has been developed at the University of Sheffield in the UK which uses microbubbles to harvest and remove water from algae for biofuel production. Algae produces oils which can be used to create biodiesel but water needs to be removed ...

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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:46:52 GMT

New Technique Discovered to Help Harvest Algae - OilPrice.com


New Technique Discovered to Help Harvest Algae
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Algae have the potential to be a very efficient biofuel producer. The one cell plant produces oil that can be processed to create a useful biofuel. Biofuels made from plant material are considered important alternatives to fossil fuels.

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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:08:36 GMT

Algae.Tec Successfully Completes $5m Capital Raising With Patersons Securities - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)


Algae.Tec Successfully Completes $5m Capital Raising With Patersons Securities
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"This again demonstrates that sophisticated investors are aligned with the need for alternative transport fuel technologies such as the Algae.Tec enclosed algae to biofuels solution," said Stroud. "The market is also responding to the recent milestones ...

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Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:27:01 GMT

Pond Biofuels develop new algae technology for biodiesel - Biofuels International


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Pond Biofuels develop new algae technology for biodiesel
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Pond Biofuels is developing a new algae growth system that will use CO₂ emissions from smoke stacks to grow biomass, which can then be converted into biodiesel, bioplastics or act as a substitute for renewable coal. With support from the Ontario, ...
Pond Biofuels pilots unique algae bioreactor at cement plantBiodiesel Magazine

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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:52:47 GMT

Rhode Island company expands biofuels plant in Shenandoah - Radio Iowa


Rhode Island company expands biofuels plant in Shenandoah
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A Rhode Island-based biofuels company broke ground this week on an expansion of its operation at a southwest Iowa plant. BioProcess Algae opened a demonstration plant in 2009 at the Green Plains Energy ethanol plant in Shenandoah.

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Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:23:50 GMT

Scientists hail algae biofuel breakthrough - Business Green


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Scientists hail algae biofuel breakthrough
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By Will Nichols Using algae to produce sustainable biofuel could become a commercially viable option after scientists claimed to have developed a new cost-effective harvesting method. One of the major stumbling blocks to the technology, which promises ...
Harvest biofuel algae with microbubblesFuturity: Research News
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Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:15:45 GMT

Harvesting technique could make algae a viable biofuel - The Engineer


Harvesting technique could make algae a viable biofuel
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Algae may become an economically viable biofuel thanks to the development of a harvesting technique from Sheffield University. Algae produce an oil that can be used to create a useful biofuel. Biofuels made from plant material are considered an ...

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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:47:08 -0800

Micro-Bubbles Cut Cost of Algae-Derived Biofuel

Tiny bubbles float algae to the water's surface for harvest and processing. Sophie Bushwick reports Read more

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:49:42 -0800

Ocean robots could farm fuel from algae

The biofuel farm contained only a small wind turbine, solar panel and container of green scum packed within a tub-size frame floating on the water. But its design could someday spawn fleets of robotic farms that harness the ocean winds and sunshine to make cheap, algae-based biodiesel fuel for cars, trains and aircraft. Read more

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:17:45 -0800

Engineered E. coli produce biofuel from seaweed

Biofuels may hold the key to reducing our dependence on foreign oil and cutting down on our greenhouse gas emissions. Ethanol is currently the biofuel of choice, with almost all gasoline bought at the pump in the United States containing 10 percent ethanol. Right now, though, most ethanol comes from corn and sugarcane, and there are concerns that growing our fuel from these crops could drive up ... Read more

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:36:18 -0800

Biofuel from beneath the waves

Engineered bacterium can produce ethanol directly from seaweed. Read more

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:21:24 -0800

Microbubbles provide new boost for biofuel production

A solution to the difficult issue of harvesting algae for use as a biofuel has been developed using microbubble technology. Read more

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:25:40 -0800

Harvesting technique could make algae a viable biofuel

Algae may become an economically viable biofuel thanks to the development of a harvesting technique from Sheffield University. Read more

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:37:25 -0800

Oil-yielding algae show promise as domestic, export energy trove

Not many people imagine that resource-poor Japan might one day become an oil exporter. But someone who does is Makoto Watanabe, a leading expert in research on producing oil from microscopic algae. Research into creating biofuel from so-called microalgae may well grow more important as Japan looks for other energy sources to help reduce the reliance on nuclear power in light of the crisis at the ... Read more

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:57:20 -0800

Scientists claim breakthrough for algae-powered biofuels

Pioneering technology using microbubbles could solve the difficulties of harvesting algae for use as a biofuel, according to scientists. Read more

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:22:51 -0800

Algae-based fuel could power cars

MUNICH (dpa) – Algae-based fuel could power motor vehicles in the future, according to scientists at Munich Technical University (TUM) in Germany. Professor Johannes Lercher and members of his team from TUM's chemistry department have developed a new catalytic process that they say allows the effective conversion of biopetroleum from microalgae into diesel fuels. The process was presented in the ... Read more

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:53:18 -0800

Seaweed is the new algae of biofuels

We've certainly been hearing a lot about algae as a biofuel feedstock. read more Read more

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