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Spinach Could Be Used For Hydrogen Fuel

Posted by Roblimo on from the energy-and-vitamins-in-one-healthy-package dept.

An anonymous reader writes "If Popeye had made alternative fuels, he'd have probably come up with something like this. Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a system that converts solar energy directly into hydrogen using the common spinach plant."

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  1. More info by ThreePhones · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the more detailed press release. They're using proteins extracted from spinach and they plan to eventually produce them synthetically. The spinach doesn't directly produce the hydrogen.