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To: cAPSLOCK who wrote (244416)	4/1/2002 10:41:48 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Respond to of 769670

" Glycol, another animal-based chemical, is found in brake fluid and glycerol is one of the main ingredients to make asphalt stick together. " Sure glycol can be animal based, but I guarantee you the manufacture of antifreeze, asphalt, and brake fluid glycol or glycerol do NOT depend on recovery or extraction from animals. They are synthesized from other organic compounds which also do not come from animals. Most of these organics come from petroleum byproducts so as I alluded earlier I guess you can back to the dinosaurs for the orginal source if you want. To depend on animal resources for such chemicals is simply impractical..... toothpaste and fertilizer use urea which is the main component of urine but I assure you we don't collect animal urine for their manufacture. As an aside, the Union Army (specifically Union wives) donated their urine to have it boiled down for the urea which was used to manufacture gun powder. We don't need animal sources for that anymore either.