Re: IP Takeover : Alt Power Source

["jjcohen" <jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET>]

  Maybe they should replace IP with a Cold Fusion power plant. There might

be a few

  technical problems that need to be worked out, but to true believers all

things are possible.







  ----- Original Message -----

  From: <Pete_Bailey@FPL.COM>

  To: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

  Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:36 AM

  Subject: IP Takeover : Alt Power Source





  > If they want to shutdown IP and need an alternate source of power,

  > NY should look into the following because their idea is full of crap.

  > Might as well put all that crap to good use !

  >

  > FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY

  > Right now, astronaut waste gets shipped back to Earth. But for long-term

  > exploration, you'd want to recycle it, because it holds resources that

  > astronauts will need. It will provide pure drinking water, fertilizer,

and,

  > with the help of a recently discovered microbe, it will also provide

  > electricity.

  >

  > A NASA-funded research team led by Dr. Bruce Rittmann, a professor at

  > Northwestern University, is currently developing a membrane microbial

fuel

  > cell, which obtain their electrons from organic waste. The bacteria at

the

  > heart of the device -- Geobacter microbes -- feed on the waste, and, as

  > part

  > of their digestive process, they pull electrons from the material. These

  > microbes can be coaxed to deliver the electrons directly to a fuel cell

  > electrode, which conducts them into a circuit. As they flow through the

  > circuit, they generate electricity.

  >

  > The membrane microbial fuel cell is still in the early stages of its

  > development. Yet, if the project succeeds, these devices may not only be

  > used in space, but also in our own homes. "You have to treat the wastes

  > anyway,"

  > said Rittmann. "So why not make the process an energy gainer, instead

  > of an energy loser? By producing electricity, microbial fuel cells would

  > make

  > the process of purifying waste streams much more economical."

  >

  > For more information, visit: http://link.abpi.net/l.php?20040527A2

  >

  >    Pete  Bailey

  >    Cracking atoms & making megawatts . . .

  >

  >

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