Consider the following quote with emphasis added...
What Soucy and MTI CEO Peng Lim envision is a world
where instead of recharging your phone's battery, you'll buy disposable
fuel cells that last longer than the batteries that come with cell
phones today and are more eco-friendly. Exactly how much longer they'll
last the company won't say yet. "We've promised to demonstrate a fuel
cell that is better than a lithium ion battery by the third quarter of
this year, and we're on track to do that," Lim says.
GOING GREEN. And
in general, fuel cells have chemistry on their side, says Frost &
Sullivan analyst Sara Bradford. "The batteries we have are starting to
reach their theoretical limits," she says. "Plus, with the fuel cells
there's the added benefit that there's no acids or heavy metals
involved," she says. "The green factor is important."
So what does this mean that the fuel cells last longer than the recharble batteries? Does one fuel cell, without recharging, last longer than the typical lifetime of a recharble battery? As in years!? Or does it last longer than the typical single charge of a recharble battery? As in hours?
This claim of green fuel cells seem spurious to me. Having to buy new fuel cartridges for every few hours of use doesn't seem to be a big environmental win over the toxic chemicals. The batteries can be properly disposed of or recycled, thus keeping the toxics out of the landfill. Disposable fuel cartridges are just like any other disposable. They fill the landfill and they involve frequent uses of petroleum powered transportation to replace.
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