Fuel-Cell Power With Methanol

foaty writes: "It has been reported that Japanese electronics companies have developed prototypes for fuel-cell batteries that can power the smallest of electronic devices for long periods of time, and they only need refueling, not recharging! See the article at FutureEnergies.com." That article links to this piece at ZDNet; what's interesting is that instead of hydrogen, this article talks instead mostly about methanol-based fuel cells.

Comments

Methanol? How many will the Japanese blind?

[typical geek]

Methanol sounds dangerous to me. I foresee a cell phone, PDA or notebook dropping and cracking the fuel cell, allowing trace amounts of methanol out, to evaporate. In case you don't know what inhaled methanol will do to you, expect liver failure, blindness and brain damage.

I for one prefer a nice safe, Ni-Cad or Lithium-Hydride battery, but then I'm pretty health conscious.