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To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (18389)	2/22/2000 8:50:00 PM
From: Yan Li	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Methanol is used instead of hydrogen gas. It is converted to hydrogen by catalyst, then mixed with oxygen (from air) and generate water and electricity. I read news about potentially using methanol cartridge like cigarette liter to power laptop computer... sounds cool. not to mention EV's... I'm mystified by this technology. We have to provide the hydrogen gas of course. We get it by burning coal and using the electricity generated to hydrolyze water. Then we have to store the H2 under high pressure. Could all this possibly be cheaper than burning hydrocarbons???? IMHO when the world runs out of oil we'll be burning fuel made from hydrogenation of coal. That technology dates from World War I. Offhand, fuel cells burning hydrogen look to me like a non-tornado. <\i>