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Fuel-Cell Power With Methanol

Posted by timothy on from the what-about-moonshine-power dept.

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.

6 of 221 comments (clear)

  1. Recharging? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    Oh, dear. My watch has stopped. Dear? Can you rip one and recharge it?


    Thanks.

  2. One word: Canaries. by simetra · · Score: 4, Funny

    Canaries. You'll have to carry around a canary, and if he drops dead, roll down the window on your SUV.

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  3. Alright by NiftyNews · · Score: 3, Funny

    One can imagine the confused look on the Gas Station Attendant's face when you hand him a nickel and tell him "3 cents on Pump #7."

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  4. dangerous! by fcatanza · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, sounds so dangerous. It would never be possible. I mean, carrying a small amount of a highly flammable liquid in a small container so close to your body. The technological hurdles to make that safe are huge.
    Hang on, let me light a cigarette...
    oh wait...nevermind.

  5. Dangerous!? by billatq · · Score: 2, Funny

    Haven't we been using stuff like lead-acid batteries for years...What's so dangerous about having to use another highly toxic product for our energy needs?

  6. Re:Methanol? How many will the Japanese blind? by IronChef · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cadmium is a cumulative poison (like lead but worse) which can cause lung and kidney damage.

    Chemist #2 here. Cadmium can also cause your testicles to rot. Or so they taught me in that one class where we did heavy metal poisoning and chelation therapy and that kind of thing. Pretty peculiar, eh?

    I have an artist friend who licks his paintbrushes... I keep telling him that's not such a good idea. Sadly the more IQ points he loses the less likely he is to listen!