Lilliputian Butane Fuel Cells for Laptops and iPhones

[Sporkman]

Lilliputian Butane Fuel Cells for Laptops and iPhones

A startup reveals details of its plan to replace lithium ion batteries in electronics.

Thursday, March 19, 2009
By Kevin Bullis

A company called Lilliputian Systems wants to replace heavy laptop and mobile phone chargers with a small fuel cell system that runs on butane cartridges. The system can store 5-to-10 times more energy than lithium ion batteries, and recharging it is as fast as swapping out the cartridge...

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/energy/23180/

[Redache]

This would seem ever so slightly short sighted. The price of Gas is increasing in line with the price of Oil, so this wouldn't be a cost effective solution in the long run. Lithium Ion is fine.

If Lithium Ion batteries are blamed for blowing up Ipods, what do you think a compressed highly volatile Gas will be blamed for? the first Ipod to kill someone?.

Sometimes people should just not do Science.

[MikeTheC]

Sometimes people should just not do Science.

Yeah, I suppose so. But have you ever heard of a more appropriate name? Besides, what do you expect from such "small" minded people?