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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (29621)	2/19/2008 1:00:35 AM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 217545

Would heavy usage of urea to that end impact the fertilizer business ? Or are the amounts required comparatively insignificant ? The Black Swan

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (29621)	2/19/2008 5:16:19 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 217545

Urea is an interesting idea. On a quick skim, it looks pretty good if people insist on using diesel fuel for cars. My own invention of "BP Clear" which could be either a milky or clear emulsion using methanol, water, surfactant and maybe some other bits and pieces would cut emissions too, though [during my time] we never did more than some preliminary tests. I thought of it as a heavy truck fuel rather than for cars though it would have the same effect on cars. I haven't followed fuel and vehicle technology for a dozen years so I'm out of date now. I'm with the young Japanese = the car industry is so last century. Mobile cyberspace is the 21st century excitement. The whole Peak Oil, wicked Big Oil, Greenhouse Effect/Climate Change/Global Warming industry, woe-is-us industry leaves me cold [so to speak]. As does the latest and greatest in the car business. But I would be interested in automatically controlled individual vehicles with electric motors as the propulsion system. It does seem likely that urea wouldn't be topped up if people don't have to do it. Mqurice