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Chemists turn to sugar to fuel batteries
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:35 pm
by Sabre
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Researchers at Saint Louis University in Missouri have cooked up biodegradable fuel cell batteries that they say can run on just about any sugar source and that can last three or four times longer per charge than typical lithium ion batteries. Commercial versions could be ready in three to five years, the researchers say.
lol, makes me think we'll have electric cars that when we take them to the track we'll fill them up with Jelly Belly's...
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:49 pm
by sirwilliam
Forget the 100 octane fuel...get me some pixy stixs!
"This just in...diabetes runs rampant in race cars. More coverage at 11."
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:54 pm
by hotsam
IT'S THE GHOST OF PETER JENNINGS!
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:54 pm
by Libra Monkee
So if a=b and b=c that means the cells can run on beer, right?
Cop: Sir, do you have any alcohol in the car?
Driver: That depends on what you mean by "in the car".
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:34 pm
by zaxrex
That would so be my line.
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:49 pm
by sirwilliam
Libra Monkee wrote:So if a=b and b=c that means the cells can run on beer, right?
Cop: Sir, do you have any alcohol in the car?
Driver: That depends on what you mean by "in the car".
Sorry, this just reminds me of the one scene from "13th warrior":
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: [as Herger offers a mead horn] I can taste neither the fermentation of grape, nor of wheat.
[Herger laughs]
Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan: What? Why do you laugh?
Herger the Joyous: [laughing, and handing over the bottle] HONEY! It's made from honey!
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:14 pm
by complacent
I like cheese.
But this is a pretty good idea as well. I'll have to read more about it and see what the waste products are.
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:47 pm
by sirwilliam
complacent wrote:I like cheese.
But this is a pretty good idea as well. I'll have to read more about it and see what the waste products are.
I know the side effects...instant power for the first few hours but then slow and sluggish after the sugar high ends.