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Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas are the main source of energy which is owned today. But these sources cause pollution and will be exhausted soon. Now, urine (urine) was developed to be a source of energy.

Scientists are developing a urine as non-polluting energy sources and will not be discharged. Researchers from the Bristol Robotics Lab (BRL) University of Bristol are studying the urine to be used as a microbial fuel cell or a Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC), which can be used as producers of energy without causing pollution.

"Urine is chemically very active, many containing nitrogen, urea, chloride, potassium and bilirubin. This will be an excellent fuel for microbial fuel cells," said Dr. Ioannis Ieropoulos, leader of the study, as reported by Medindia, Wednesday
(1/9/2010).

To investigate this energy, researchers have spent more than three years in developing a robot called EcoBot-III. This robot contains a number of microbial fuel cells and using waste materials like dead flies and waste water (urine) to run it.

If the development of microbial fuel cells using microorganisms to convert chemical energy into electrical energy, then how the urine was going to be like that.

According to Dr Ieropoulos, for the time being the amount of energy produced by microbial fuel cells is still very low. Researchers aim to get microbial fuel cell stacks to increase the amount of energy produced.

Researchers plan to collaborate with a company waterless urinals for the project. And Dr Ieropoulos hoped that this research will help change the way people think about energy and human waste.