Not commercially viable at the moment. The process uses microbes to interact with salt water across some=20 membranes causing an electrical potential to be produced. The difference is= =20 that this system does not need human generated power to be introduced to=20 kick the process off, just salt water. Not much information here as it is just a BBC news report. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14976893 Colin -- cdb, 3/07/2009 =20 -- colin@btech-online.co.uk --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .