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Methanol Fuel-Cell Battery For Your Laptop?

Nick writes: "I ran across this accidentally when I was researching fuel cell cars. They have come out with a little methanol fuel-cell battery they hope will be more powerful than lithium ion batteries, at competitive prices too! (well, in five years maybe) Also check out howstuffworks for a great article on fuel cells in general." Beating Li-Ion batteries by a factor of ten is a very worthy goal.

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  1. old news by fitsnips · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Didn't slashdot cover this like last year? Great now we are recycling old news now?

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  2. Re:Just remember: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Methane is odorless, you idiot. They add a chemical to natural gas lines to make it smell so you can detect a leak.

  3. Re:wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Screw Beowulf clusters. This wasn't funny the first time it was posted, so what in Black Jesus' name made you think it would be funny to post it for the fifty-thousandth time? The addition of farts?