posted February 12, 2004 10:12 PM           

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Scientists Develop New Hydrogen Reactor

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Researchers said Thursday that for the first time, they have produced hydrogen from ethanol in a prototype reactor small enough and efficient enough to heat small homes and power cars. (...)

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040212/D80LVABO1.html

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posted February 13, 2004 11:51 AM         

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What the heck does all that mean, you science geek?! just kiddin, you're not a geek.

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posted February 13, 2004 12:10 PM         

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This is exciting. But my big concern is about how they produce the ethanol. I wouldn't want to see this contribute to the ever greater proliferation of GMO corn. That needs to be put a stop to for a variety of reasons.

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posted February 14, 2004 08:39 PM           

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lioneye - It just means that they've come up w/ a more cost-effective way of producing hydrogen fuel - and w/ significantly smaller use of fossil fuels.

Harpyr - That was my 2nd thought while reading this article...well, it actually took the form of an image along the lines of even more vast fields of industrial-corn, Canada as the new fuel power-house (not a particularly bad thing), etc.

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