Using pee to unfreeze car door? WTF???

The topic has been touched on, but not really outlined.

Yes, if someone lives in a climate where 20 degrees F is considered cold, then urine would make an"acceptable" solution for a frozen door (I say door because, around here, a frozen door is much more common than a frozen lock). The fact that urine is a solution means that it does freeze at a slightly lower temperature than pure water.

However, there are parts where -20 can be considered a nice day in January if the sun is shining and the wind is calm. I must offer a very strict warning against using this method if anyone lives in an area of such extreme. It is actually common knowledge around here: nothing warm to de-ice my locks. Even the salt-level in urine won’t keep it from freezing. Once upon a time when the mercury had dipped to -47, I actually had the misfortune of having to pee outside. I watched my urine gather like a stalagmite on the ground. Yes, urine does freeze. And, yes, it will freeze before a person’s hand has time to put the key in the lock. Thank God for that, too, because otherwise the key would freeze in the lock.

Pee in a canteen can be used as a “hot water” bottle in a sleeping bag in a survival situtaion.

I gather you’ve never bothered to read up on the topic. In"The Ra Expeditions" by Thor Heyerdahl, you will find a description of how a member of the expedition was saved from dying of stings from a Man-O-War or jellyfish (I cannot remember which, sorry) by the ship’s doctor ordering rapid application of uric acid to the affected area, i.e. they peed on the stings. I believe uric acid was the credited agent rather than vinegar, but it’s been awhile since I read the book and the sites I’ve just checked on the web are confusing as to what liquids should be use. Any oceanographers or toxicologists out there?

Sorry–brain spasm. I meant to say ammonia rather than vinegar…