Science marches on! New Scientist reports that a team at St. Louis University has developed a fuel cell catalysed by ethanol.
Toshiba has a battery that uses methanol, but St. Louis' Shelly Minteer says: "The main advantage of ethanol over methanol is that it is simply more readily available. We have actually run our cells off vodka and gin." Apparently, the ethanol-based batteries are also less toxic and may turn out to be more efficient.
I think that adds up to: "Hey, Toshiba! Kiss my shiny metal ass!"
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