Driving on Starch 232
Roland Piquepaille writes "Using sugar contained in corn or potatoes to build hydrogen-powered fuel cells has already been done. But now, a team of U.S. researchers has developed a new sugar-to-hydrogen technology. Why not put the starch inside the tank of your car? With the help of 13 specific enzymes, 'a car with an approximately 12-gallon tank could hold 27 kilograms (kg) of starch, which is the equivalent of 4 kg of hydrogen. The range would be more than 300 miles, estimates one of the researchers. One kg of starch will produce the same energy output as 1.12 kg (0.38 gallons) of gasoline.' The beauty behind this idea is that no special infrastructure would be needed. Starch could be distributed by your local grocery store."
Re:Hay (Score:5, Funny)
I have one that burns rice.
The only infinite resource is "human stupidity" (Score:5, Funny)
I'm sure a breakthrough can't be too far away, most modern SUVs are already running on 50% stupidity, we just need to improve the yield.
Ooblick! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Pop and junk food or ... human fat ! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Question (Score:4, Funny)
Beer! 24oz cans, 10/$10 at Krogers!
Re:Question (Score:3, Funny)
You'd finally have a use for the mega-sized box of starch at Costco...you'd need only 11 of those. :-)