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   >Turns out the extremely stinky durian fruit—which primarily grows in   
   >southeast Asian countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand—can   
   >synthesize supercapacitors with its biowaste.   
   >   
   >The durian, a husked tree fruit from Southeast Asia, may smell   
   >unspeakably terrible, but it still tastes sweet and delicious like its   
   >closely related cousin, the jackfruit. And the two fleshy fruits could   
   >be key ingredients in a cutting-edge approach to lightning-fast   
   >electric charging, from your iPhone to your Tesla.   
   >   
   >When we say the fruit stinks, we're not exaggerating. The late chef,   
   >author, and travel documentarian Anthony Bourdain once said the stench   
   >was "indescribable, something you will either love or despise … Your   
   >breath will smell as if you’d been French-kissing your dead   
   >grandmother."   
      
   This is great news; we need to start clearing tropical forests in   
   SE Asian for large arse fruit plantations ASAP.  You know, to counter   
   climate change.   
      
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