Cars need it, trains need it, and guess what? People need it, too! Can you deduce the answer to my devious riddle? That's right, it's fuel! Fill up your tank, cause we're going on a trip to learn all about the things that keep other things going, from coal to tuna sandwiches and everything in between!

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[Trivia Question]

New York Times rocket fuel correction

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/95-years-ago-goddard-s-first-liquid-fueled-rocket

https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/14/news/150th-anniversary-1851-2001-the-facts-that-got-away.html

[Fact Off]

Nuclear cars

https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1066000_txchnologist-thorium-lasers-thoroughly-plausible-for-nuclear-cars

https://www.thedrive.com/news/41103/heres-why-the-nuclear-powered-1958-ford-nucleon-never-entered-production

https://www.autoweek.com/news/a1988761/are-laser-powered-cars-our-future/

Fuel cell breathalyzers 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-batteries-store-an/

https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/fuel-cells

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know-history/breathalyzer-there-was-drunkometer

https://blog.history.in.gov/tag/breathalyzer/

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/06/breathalyzers-of-the-future-today/277249/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5857179/

[Ask the Science Couch]

Chlorophyll in photovoltaic cells/solar power

https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_Report.cfm?Lab=NCER&dirEntryId=187266

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/chlorophyll/chlorophyll_h.htm

https://opentextbc.ca/biology/chapter/5-2-the-light-dependent-reactions-of-photosynthesis/

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01673-w

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/plants-versus-photovoltaics-at-capturing-sunlight/

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/762519

[Butt One More Thing]

Human waste converted into biomethane fuel

https://www.npr.org/2016/01/01/461692939/from-poop-to-power-colorado-explores-new-sources-of-renewable-energy

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/fart-powered-vw-beetle-tested-in-uk/

 

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