Chicken Feathers May Hold Key To Hydrogen Storage 318
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."
Carbonized chickens also explain (Score:4, Funny)
Chicken McNuggets.
We've done it!!! (Score:4, Funny)
We can finally power our homes with chicken.
New metric for H powered cars??? (Score:5, Funny)
*pulls up to full service Hydrogen fueling station*
"Just put three Leghorns in the tank."
From the Dept. of Hee-Haw Technology (Score:4, 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!
Re:Carbonized chickens and hydrogen (Score:3, Funny)
Carbonized chickens are perfectly safe.
Weaponized chickens, on the other hand, cause mass destclucktion (especially when filled with H).
Good news (Score:3, Funny)
Re:PETA won't hear of it (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Carbonized chickens and hydrogen (Score:4, 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.
Re:We've done it!!! (Score:3, Funny)
Are you kidding me? We can finally power our homes with voodoo.
Re:New metric for H powered cars??? (Score:5, Funny)
Haw! I say haw, son. Now that's funny! Humor, y'see?
I'm afraid that most won't have the Foggiest idea (Score:1, Funny)
of what you're talking about. ;-)
Re:Good news (Score:1, Funny)
What will KFC use for its secret ingredient now?
Re:Urban legend != actual facts!!!! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Good news (Score:5, Funny)
KFC is food?
Re:Urban legend != actual facts!!!! (Score:5, 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.
Re:Carbonized chickens and hydrogen (Score:5, Funny)
Re:New metric for H powered cars??? (Score:3, Funny)
Please specify if you are looking for a hogshead of ale, wine, or tobacco.
None of the above. It is a hogshead of Leghorn chickens.
What I want to know (Score:2, Funny)
"He experimented for years with various ways to use feathers and eventually wondered if they might store hydrogen."
Now did the professor just wake one one day and say "Aha! I know how to solve the energy crisis! Chicken feathers!"? It seems to be very original thinking.
Re:Good news (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Urban legend != actual facts!!!! (Score:3, Funny)
D'oh!
Should have been
thawed chickens busted the windscreens as effecively as frozen chickens.
Good catch, and thanks for pointing out the fowl up!
Re:First Post? (Score:5, Funny)
Married?
Re:Carbonized chickens and hydrogen (Score:1, Funny)
It uses chicken feathers. You'll have plenty of bare poultry.
Oh hell yes! (Score:4, Funny)
We get to piss off the vegans, environmentalists, and anti-environmentalists, all at the same time!
This is fucking BRILLIANT!
Re:A theoretically practical solar-powered car (Score:3, Funny)
No. Wrath0fb0b is correct.
You know, the internet has obliterated the idea of normalcy for me.
Re:Urban legend != actual facts!!!! (Score:3, Funny)
I said 8 meters, Einstein.
I think that all your past head trauma may have affected you more than you realize.
Re:Good news (Score:2, Funny)