Make Fuels Cells 10 Times More Effecient With Microbes

This is exciting...

The National Science Foundation is reporting on a innovative fuel cell that uses microbes. Bruce Logan and colleagues at Penn State University have improved on previous microbe-based fuel cells, and made a perfect little home for them so they can spit out hydrogen like crazy! Mix the following:

• Water
• Leftovers from a salad bar
• A splash of vinegar
• 0.2 Volts of electricity
• Select microbes from the finest sewage

Shake vigorously, and BOOM! The magic bacteria eat the plants, and makes hydrogen as a byproduct!

No pun intended.

You can then use the hydrogen in a separate fuel cell, or burn it directly, to power an engine... Its 2 to 10 times more efficient than electrolysis, and vastly better than ethanol. In there experiment, they achieved 288% efficiency, when compared to the electricity they had to add to create hydrogen. By comparison, most electrolysis can only achieve 50%-70% efficiency.

Check the Penn State press release for more info...