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Fuel Cell Laptop announced by Toshiba

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-isn't-that-special dept.

Steve writes "Following on from the Fuel Cells approved for airline cabins story a week or so back, it would seem there will soon be a need for that approval: Toshiba has announced a fuelcell powered laptop for 2004,and possibly a PDA."

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  1. What's wrong with gasoline? by ReadParse · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't see why we don't just use gasoline for all this stuff. Cell phones, laptops, PDAs... The generator that you would carry on your back wouldn't be much bigger than a weedeater motor, and you'd just have to take it off to pull it. If you have to go into an office, you can just leave the generator on the sidewalk and a flywheel will give you enough power to take a piss and come back. You could code all day long out on the beach... couple of 10 gallon gas cans in the car, a little ear and breathing protection and you're all set.

    And besides, gas is cheap and will get cheaper with the calm in the middle east. I say "go gas". It's the American power source.