I'm wondering what are the similarities between modern fuel cell technology and the energy production of mitochondria under the electron transport system? Thank you. Basically… Briefly, mitochondria are minute energy-producing structures in our cells, and fuel cells also produce energy. Wikipedia says fuel cells are open systems that convert chemical energy into electrical energy; and batteries are not fuel cells, because they are closed systems that convert chemical energy into electrical energy. Mitochondria use chemical energy ["food"] to produce electrical energy. Scientists are working on using bacteria to produce electrical energy as living fuel cells for powering useful devices. Note that 'cells' has 2 very different meanings here. In one meaning, cells are the living compartments found in all living organisms. In the other meaning, cells are devices that produce power – batteries or fuel cells or mitochondrial fuel cells or bacterial fuel cells. Bacteria are cells – living compartments -, and they behave in some ways as fuel cells.

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Meaning, can we drink the water that is produced as a by-product of hydrogen fuel cells? I have been informed that all of the parts of a H2 engine are comprised of stainless steel. Do you know what I found? As long as the pipes and the container the steam condenses in is clean and not made of lead then yes. It will be pure water. Even more pure than most bottled water.

The first ever production FCX Clarity Honda’s advanced hydrogen fuel cell car came off the line in Japan today (Monday, 16 June). After 19 years of development, this ‘real world’ fuel cell car marks the beginning of a new era of cleaner motoring. The FCX Clarity – which emits only water from its exhaust pipe – was presented to three of the first US customers in a line-off ceremony at the world’s first dedicated fuel cell vehicle factory: the Honda Automobile New Model Centre (Takanezawa-machi, Shioya-gun, Tochigi Prefecture).

. Do you know what I found? Hybrid cars can be made in a number of ways. Most commonly they are gas/electric hybrids. Gasoline in the US is mixed with 10% ethanol: a biofuel that is considered an option energy source. But it is possible to use a diesel engine to make a hybrid diesel/electric. In the diesel engine it would be possible to use bio diesel instead of petrochemical diesel. Biodiesel is considered and option energy fuel. Many hybrids make their electricity on board and the vehicle is never plugged in to recharge the batteries. However some of the anticipated models and some conversions will have increased battery sizes that will allow the vehicles to operate not as a hybrid but as a purely electric vehicle for some initial mileage. During that time they will be using electricity from the grid. Grid electricity can be produced in a number of ways. Some of those ways are considered option energy. Although hydroelectricity is a solid portion of our electrical production it is an option to coal, oil and gas, the fossil fuels. Solar power in many different forms is clearly option energy. Some of the ways electricity is produced from solar power are: Power tower parabolic trough solar collector parabolic dish solar collector solar chimney solar pond and solar photovoltaic panels. Some of the new hybrids have solar panels built into the car although this is not considered particularly efficient. While a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle might not normally be considered a hybrid there is some basis for considering it to be a hybrid. In a series hybrid one power sources feeds into another. A gasoline engine that runs a generator that feeds an electric motor and batteries is a series hybrid. By substituting the hydrogen fuel cell for the gasoline engine and adding hydrogen instead of gasoline to produce the electricity we may essentially have the same thing. 95% of current hydrogen is made from oil gas and coal but it can be made from dividing the elements of water. If this were done with solar energy the balance would be an option energy resource if not quite a "fuel. " Another configuration for hybrid vehicles is compressed air/electric or gas or diesel. The compressed air like hydrogen is an energy carrier and not a fuel. But one of the primary ways to store wind energy that has been proposed is compressed air. This compressed air could be used to power a generator (and produce electricity) but it could be used to power a vehicle.