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2006-11-23 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Zenster 2006-11-23 00:46|| || Front Page|| [11139 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Another method is to link lots of little battery cells side by side, which is how the batteries in laptop computers work

Lends an all new meaning to "online streaming".

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-23 01:17|| 2006-11-23 01:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Gives new meaning to the old ditty about youthful "piss and vinegar."

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-11-23 04:39|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com] 2006-11-23 04:39|| Front Page Top

#3 I think the frat boys have that scaling issue all figured out.

In my college days A plastic coated device like this wouldn't stand a chance against a 99% pure alcohol extraction system!! :)

Posted by DanNY 2006-11-23 08:41|| 2006-11-23 08:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Pleaaaaaaaaaase, in any of those elementary electrity toy boxes" kids are given for Chritsmas you will find an experimlent when you can produce electricity by planting two rods of differnt metals in a lemon.

However, given that the electricty produced is proportional to the quantity of ions and this is related to the decomposition of the metals then the weaker the acid, the weaker the power delivered by the cell. Thus sulfuric acid or the mixtures used in commercial batteries > citric acid > lemon juice > urine. And the power delivered by lemons is already a tiny fraction of what is delivered by commercial batteries.

Daniel Kammen, director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, said the technology is a welcome innovation in a time of rising energy prices.

Demonstrating that you vcan get a highly paid job despite even as an adult, being unable to solve the kind of math problems intentended for early kindergarteners.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-11-23 11:35|| 2006-11-23 11:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Does "taking a Wiz" mean "having a piss" in the states too?

Posted by Bright Pebbles in Blairistan 2006-11-23 13:19|| 2006-11-23 13:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-23 13:23|| 2006-11-23 13:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Hmmmm, French whine has a lot of ions in it - and I'm told it tastes like piss too.

Possibilities?

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2006-11-23 13:25|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2006-11-23 13:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Beware a piss ion gap!
/Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson

Posted by .com 2006-11-23 13:27|| 2006-11-23 13:27|| Front Page Top

#9 This story is really crying for the Eveready Bunny graphic; cuz everybody knows he just "keeps going and going and going..."

Posted by USN,Ret 2006-11-23 14:14|| 2006-11-23 14:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Urine the money!

Posted by Mike 2006-11-23 17:01|| 2006-11-23 17:01|| Front Page Top

#11 Go to your room Mike.

Posted by Shipman 2006-11-23 17:55|| 2006-11-23 17:55|| Front Page Top

#12 It's all urine.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2006-11-23 19:31|| 2006-11-23 19:31|| Front Page Top

#13 Actually, if this works properly, the Institute will have a HUGE contract for these from front companies buying for US SOCOM : perfect batteries for Special Forces. You have to eliminate anyway, and this way you power equipment in the process.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-11-23 20:11|| 2006-11-23 20:11|| Front Page Top

#14 Uh-oh, Ship's pissed! Urine trouble now, Mike.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-11-23 20:26|| 2006-11-23 20:26|| Front Page Top

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