my life is now complete

[vniow]

Willy Wonka could have powered his Great Glass Elevator on hydrogen produced from his chocolate factory.

Microbiologist Lynne Mackaskie and her colleagues at the University of Birmingham in the UK have powered a fuel cell by feeding sugar-loving bacteria chocolate-factory waste. "We wanted to see if we tipped chocolate into one end, could we get electricity out at the other?" she says.

The team fed Escherichia coli bacteria diluted caramel and nougat waste. The bacteria consumed the sugar and produced hydrogen, which they make with the enzyme hydrogenase, and organic acids. The researchers then used this hydrogen to power a fuel cell, which generated enough electricity to drive a small fan (Biochemical Society Transactions, vol 33, p 76).

http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=mg19025546.000&feedId=online-news_rss20

 

[Dont Hurt Me]

Thats pretty cool Vniow, perhaps there is hope of breaking Opec's lock on the world.

 

[WildCowboy]

I'm pretty sure I routinely turn chocolate into methane...does that count?

 

[Dont Hurt Me]

I'm pretty sure I routinely turn chocolate into methane...does that count?

Do you bottle it?

 

[WildCowboy]

Do you bottle it?

Nah...I just light it on fire.

 

[Black&Tan]

Do you bottle it?

Save gas...fart in a jar.

 

[taytho]

Thats pretty cool Vniow, perhaps there is hope of breaking Opec's lock on the world.

hahaha.... now youre just being silly

 

[Boggle]

Hey, the greatest acomplishments of science have come in baby steps. Look @ the electron discovered in 1897, had zero practical applications @ first. But, without them I couldn't so much as enjoy an iced tea in July (the whole refridgeration process). And I sure as hell couldn't post this.

 

[musicalmcs8706]

Nah...I just light it on fire.

Nice...

 

[mactastic]

Now if only we could just sidle on up to our cars and let 'er rip... Total energy independence if we can grow enough frijoles.