SAIT and Samsung team for smallest fuel cell charger

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treetrunk @ Dec 1st 2006 5:11PM

Or, you can take one wind-up or solar powered charger and not carry any refills of any sort. Sorry, but I seriously don't see how this is in any way better.

"As opposed to driving around with 20 gallons of highly flammable and poisonous gasoline. Better yet, as opposed to carrying around pressurized vessels of butane..."

Yes, but the fact that gasoline is flammable is NECESSARY for it's intended purpose- if it didn't burn, you couldn't put it in an engine! For a non-combustion based battery this is far from desirable. Also, pure methanol is FAR more poisonous than gasoline- as little as 4oz can kill you, and smaller amounts will make you go blind. It is also stored in a far more controlled environment by design (inside the chassis of a car, not rattling around in a pocket/rucksack), and is far less voliatile (methanol is after all the smallest alcohol) should it escape. I'm not sure what you mean with the butane quip.

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Gil @ Dec 1st 2006 5:56PM

They say this gives you 200 charges per cartridge. In my book that's enough for one trip and it's certainly a hell of a lot more than what a windup charger can give me.

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