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  • Anthony Gagliardo April 17, 2011 at 8:03pm
    Its very much an exothermic reaction which could soften the plastic and the outcome.  They may be using something else.
  • Paul Mather April 17, 2011 at 7:49pm
    Is that the same process in a 2-liter that kids use to take out mailboxes?
  • Anthony Gagliardo April 17, 2011 at 4:49pm
    Finally someone has found an ingenius use for Drano!  When I was a kid my best friend and I found many uses for sodium hydroxide and aluminum.  They were all fun and interesting to 12 year olds but they were all the opposite of constructive.
  • David April 17, 2011 at 3:58pm
    Although it may not solve the worlds energy problems, its a cool "entire" system demonstration.
  • mquintilian April 17, 2011 at 3:56pm
    And the cost of the fuel cell 1500$, It is also very inefficient. another problem would be the waste sodium hydroxide after it has been depleted
  • Mike April 17, 2011 at 3:35pm
    Interesting stuff but whilst it claims to be carbon efficient one has to remember that one of the nicknames of aluminium is 'solid energy' as the production process is so energy intensive. So whether it is an efficient method of recycling aluminium would need some looking at.
  • mquintilian April 17, 2011 at 3:34pm
    Its not that special, Its just using the the reaction of aluminium and sodium hydroxide to produce hydrogen to run a fuel cell
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