@UCLA-Mickey Thanks for clearing that up, however as much as i want this technology to succeed in the market place, the issue of the fact you cant plug it in like any other cell is going to be an issue. No one would buy a cell phone that ran on only disposable AA batteries no matter how clean they are to the environment. That being said if the fuel efficiency of this thing is so amazing it can run for weeks without being refueled that would be very different. Id murder a small town for a smart phone that could run for a week instead of the 5hr batteries my cell has right now.
A) how expensive is this fuel? B) is it readily available? C) Enviromental concerns? (i presume it is consumed cleanly) d) if i drop this thing will it amputate a limb in the resulting blast?
I agree with Alex, having so many videos was a great service to the engadget community, however the main issue was that a few of the viewers were paying more attention to veronica than what was being featured, which was no fault of hers or the engadget team - good job guys looking forward to next year.
not that i donut believe thats whats going to end up happening in the end, but "clean" coal and nuclear arn't as clean as other alternatives. Clean coal simply transforms one emission into another by reburning the smoke a chemically washed coal and turning it into carbon dioxide (still a green house gas). Nuclear uses chemicals to be heated by the rods to produce electricity, those chemicals themselves turn into nuclear waste which probably gets buried in a hole somewhere based on the information (or lack there of) of how these plants deal with that.
Solar farms and wind turbines are truly the best course for the future since they are zero emission and unless some religious cult puts us in 1000 years of darkness, no one will ever wonder where the next watt will come from.
That being said I'm on the fence about global warming, some evidence says it exists, some evidence says it doesn't, I'm not a scientist i don't know. I am however an asthmatic so i know all that shit we put in the air is doing something bad so its gotta stop
@Joe Blow Although you do make a good argument are you suggesting that drinking and driving is ok as long as you don't preform some sort of illegal maneuver while under the influence? There are some activities which are dangerous to do while your attention should be on the road. Granted this particular individual obvious y had larger issues at hand if he was charged with driving without a license, and although you seem to be able to multi-task quite fine that does not mean that the average "Joe Blow" on the street is capable of such feats. i know i for one am not so i exercise my right to common sense and abstain, others like me might not.
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Thanks for clearing that up, however as much as i want this technology to succeed in the market place, the issue of the fact you cant plug it in like any other cell is going to be an issue. No one would buy a cell phone that ran on only disposable AA batteries no matter how clean they are to the environment. That being said if the fuel efficiency of this thing is so amazing it can run for weeks without being refueled that would be very different. Id murder a small town for a smart phone that could run for a week instead of the 5hr batteries my cell has right now.
Also point D should have been in tags