Fuel cells (was Re: jeff's cyborg cells)

Chuck Kuecker (ckuecker@mcs.net)
Wed, 02 Jun 1999 07:56:31 -0500

At 09:57 PM 6/1/99 -0700, Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:

>Fuel cells; ethanol is cheap and convenient.
>"I'm not drinking, honey, I'm refueling."
>Getting rid of waste heat is more of a problem.
>

Has anyone heard of a fuel cell chemistry that uses ethanol or hydrocarbons directly, without reforming the fuel to hydrogen and CO2? I seem to remember reading of this a few years back, but have not found any recent references..

Chuck Kuecker