Re: Urine as fuel

"Joe 123" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Just curious but your saying that if you mix urine with cornstarch and
dry,
> repeat. This will create an explosive, i assume, nitrostarch.   I assume
> there is some microbial action taking place for the conversion of Nitrogen
> to nitrate.  Otherwise I dont believe it.
>

No, folks get this right.

What I said was, the urine was collected to manufacture saltpeter for the
nitrates.  The urine has to be processed.  It doesn't contain nitrates
directly.

I also said I don't know how the process was done, merely reporting the fact
that it was done.

daestrom