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Building Longer-Lived Fuel-Cell Stacks

Posted by Hemos on from the make-it-portable dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ballard Power Systems tells Wired that they have built a hydrogen fuel-cell stack that runs uninterrupted for 20,000 hours straight. But DuPont's Nafion membranes are very delicate, which makes the roadworthiness of fuel cells an issue."

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  1. If this is not the first post... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I will chain pieces of bloody meat to my body and swim in shark-infested waters.

    As always, links to pictures will be posted.

    1. Re:If this is not the first post... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      My god. This is the first time I've ever seen your sorry ass get an actual FP.

      Well, you must be very proud of yourself.

    2. Re:If this is not the first post... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I've gotten a few, but what with all the ones I didn't get, I'm in a really sad state of affairs.

  2. dear M.A.C. psychos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Looks like Jobs fired the sucker that accidentally posted the new M.A.C. specs:

    https://jobs.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Employ me nt.woa/wa/jobDescription?RequisitionID=1978437

  3. Yeah, I had a brother like that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He had sensitive membranes also and we had to keep his fuel cells empty during road trips otherwise it was spew-city!

  4. Is it warm in here? by Blaine+Hilton · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I didn't see mention of where this person lives, but if its anywhere that is hot and you need to run the AC it would probably be better to duct the exhaust outside then heating the room. Of course if this is in an arctic climate then itâ(TM)s a moot point.

  5. Re:Site is slashdotted.. by Treacle+Treatment · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Did someone forget to take their Valium today?

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    TT
  6. Re:Site is slashdotted.. by Jim_Hawkins · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Mmmm...okay...now no one is going to hurt you...

    :: inches closer ::

    ...please remain calm...

    :: inches closer ::

    ...that's it...there you go...

    SLAM!

    :: dusts hands off and calmly walks away ::

  7. Re:Fuel Cells by Dr.+Smeegee · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Perhaps iRobot could produce the "aquaRoomba" to fsck the salt from the electrodes.

    How about it science?