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Chicken Feathers May Hold Key To Hydrogen Storage

Posted by timothy on from the horsefeathers-not-yet-ruled-out dept.

pitterpatter writes "A researcher trying to find a use for them claims that after being heated enough to carbonize, chicken feathers hold as much hydrogen as carbon nanotubes do. So chicken feather charcoal might solve the storage problem for the new hydrogen economy. One problem down, half a zillion to go."

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  1. Carbonized chickens also explain by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Chicken McNuggets.

  2. We've done it!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    We can finally power our homes with chicken.

  3. New metric for H powered cars??? by rts008 · · Score: 4, Funny

    *pulls up to full service Hydrogen fueling station*
    "Just put three Leghorns in the tank."

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    1. Re:New metric for H powered cars??? by JerkBoB · · Score: 4, Funny

      Haw! I say haw, son. Now that's funny! Humor, y'see?

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  4. From the Dept. of Hee-Haw Technology by StCredZero · · Score: 3, Funny

    Jenny-mae, I tole you not to let Billy-Bob alone with the chickens and the lighter fluid!

    But Mary-Sue, Billy-Bob's up and solved the Hydrogen Nanostorage Problem! He saved the world! Solved global warming! Ther gonna give him a NOBEL!

    So? I'm still makin myself scarce when Pa starts askin what happened to those Chickens!

  5. Re:Carbonized chickens and hydrogen by game+kid · · Score: 3, Funny

    Carbonized chickens are perfectly safe.

    Weaponized chickens, on the other hand, cause mass destclucktion (especially when filled with H).

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  6. Re:PETA won't hear of it by camperdave · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, they started out using horse feathers, once they figured out how to get down off of one.

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  7. Re:Carbonized chickens and hydrogen by SkyDude · · Score: 3, Funny

    I remember hearing about an aircraft canopy design being tested against bird strike by having dead chickens fired at it via an air cannon. It was the best emulation they could come up with.

    They couldn't find any volunteers. They were all chicken.

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  8. Re:Good news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    KFC is food?

  9. Re:Urban legend != actual facts!!!! by danbert8 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Adam and Jamie revisited that one after they found that the windshield they used wasn't rated for bird strikes. After the revisit, they did prove that thawed chickens did not penetrate as far as frozen ones. See episode 14 from the 2004 season.

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  10. Re:Carbonized chickens and hydrogen by NotBornYesterday · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't you dare interfere with my 2nd Amendment right to bear poultry!

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  11. Re:Good news by hedwards · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not really, the good news is that vegans are no longer going to be allowed to drive or use any other non-human powered transport.

  12. Re:First Post? by stei7766 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Married?

  13. Oh hell yes! by Greg_D · · Score: 3, Funny

    We get to piss off the vegans, environmentalists, and anti-environmentalists, all at the same time!

    This is fucking BRILLIANT!