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Scientists Use Microbes to Produce Hydrogen
An anonymous reader writes " Environmental engineers at Penn State University and a research scientist at Ion Power Inc. have created an electrically-assisted microbial fuel cell that can be used to produce hydrogen from organic material. The amount of electricity needed for the process is less than the amount required to power a standard cell phone. This advancement can be used to produce hydrogen as a byproduct of water treatment. " Coverage at ScienceDaily as well.
I have been using microbes to produce methane for a while now, why can't I run my computer from that?
Need extra power for that long haul flight, just eat a curry before hand!
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I need this, the amount of unwashed dishes and dirty laundry lying around could turn my entire apartment into a megastore of cheap energy!
less than the amount required to power a standard cell phone
What is that in Libraries of Congress per Electronic Arts business day?
Canyonero!
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people
Your digestive system requires (and produces) various enzymes to digest different foods. Without the proper enzymatic mix, digestion is inefficient and a gaseous output results.
To get a decent methane volume, you have to vary your diet in a pathological way. Eat a sudden excess of foods you seldom eat. Try a progresson of beans - kidney beans, great whites, navy beans, blackeyed peas, and of course, the dreaded garbanzo. Mix in some onion varieties periodically. Then there are the peppers: bell peppers, jalapenos, and even habaneros are very efficient in terms of obtaining the desired output.
Stay away from rice and noodles, as these seem to lessen the effect.
I understand that certain vegetables - broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, for example, can also have dramatic benefits if consumption is managed properly as above.
Unripe apples and certain kinds of nuts are good candidates, but I find them to quickly lose their efficacy, and so they should be either reserved for a special occasion (such as a wedding or funeral) or simply enjoyed for their non-flatulent properties.
Raise your children as if you were teaching them to raise your grandchildren, because you are.
"scientists use microbes to produce hydrogen"
Lazy scientists. Wont somebody please think of the microbes.
Whoops! Misread that headline.
Shop as usual. And avoid panic buying.
Environmental engineers at Penn State University and a research scientist at Ion Power Inc. have created an electrically-assisted microbial fuel cell that can be used to produce hydrogen from organic material.
Combined with a form of fusion, the machines have found all the energy they would ever need.
Fuel Cells. Ever heard of them?
And yeah, the BAD h2o. We all have heard of the perils of dihydrogenmonoxid, right?
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