Vodka and beer to power batteries

Found on The Inquirer on Tuesday, 30 March 2004
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A US BIO battery company has managed to find $400,000 seed finance for its idea of powering a high tech battery on beer and vodka.

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch a university student looked no further than the bottom of his glass to develop a cell phone or laptop computer fuel cell using vodka, beer or any other ethanol-based substance.

St. Louis University student Nick Aker and an assistant chemistry professor Shelley Minteer developed the biofuel cell in class. Akers said that once the biofuel cell is charged, it could run a cell phone for a week or a laptop all day before needing another drink.

BioGenerator President and Chief Executive Pat Snider who has stumped up $400,000 seed finance said he expects a swift half return on the investment. "This is not going to be something that is going to take 10 years," he said.

Finally there is a reason to buy alcohol. Well, there was a reason before, but you usually ended up in therapy groups. Of course, it is very important to test the quality of the alcohol before recharging your laptop...