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Fuel-Cell Power With Methanol

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 2, 2002 @03:38AM 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.

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Please explain... by Proaxiom · 2002-01-02 03:48 · Score: 3, Offtopic

and they only need refueling, not recharging!
Why would refueling be preferable to recharging?
I kind of like having only to plug into a wall to recharge my laptop, as opposed to having to stop off at a gas station, or buy a big supply of this stuff to keep in my garage.