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Gold/Mining/Energy : Global Thermoelectric - SOFC Fuel cells (GLE:TSE) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CH4 who wrote (4861)	3/21/2000 1:27:00 PM
From: Stew	Respond to of 6016

Can't get that link to load . . . either clicking or cutting and pasting the URL.

To: CH4 who wrote (4861)	3/21/2000 1:48:00 PM
From: Bob Fairchild	Respond to of 6016

The link worked o'kay for me. It is sad but true that Global will probably get their story out because of interest by the American media. Except for Ballard, the Canadian media seems to have blinders on for any more homegrown stories about fuel cells.

To: CH4 who wrote (4861)	3/22/2000 2:01:00 AM
From: Rampant	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6016

Interesting Dr.Suzuki/Fuel Cells/GlobalWarming..Supporting Clean Hydrogen as best source....Rampant Vancouver - The green halo around fuel cells could vanish if the wrong fuel is chosen to power them, wasting their clean-energy potential, according to a report released today by the David Suzuki Foundation and the Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development. The report, Climate-Friendly Hydrogen Fuel, says that while the fuel cell itself produces no harmful emissions, generating the hydrogen they use as fuel could cause almost as much damage to the earth's climate as burning gasoline in today's cars. "The fuel cell is a remarkable technology that has the potential to replace the internal combustion engine as a clean and economic source of power. But if we make hydrogen from the wrong fuel source, such as gasoline, we will have squandered a crucial opportunity to address global warming and air pollution," says David Hocking, Communications Director for the David Suzuki Foundation. "Our life-cycle analysis of the various systems proposed for hydrogen fuel supply shows that they differ widely in the pollution they cause. Up to now there has been virtually no public discussion of those differences," says Rob Macintosh of the Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development. To be truly pollution-free, the hydrogen must come from a renewable source, such as solar or wind power. Unfortunately, hydrogen from these sources is not yet available commercially. Currently, hydrogen is created by passing a heavy electric current through water or by stripping it out of fossil fuels, such as natural gas, methanol or gasoline. According to the report, the cleanest option among those available today is to strip hydrogen from natural gas. That approach would cut emissions of carbon dioxide, the main culprit behind global warming, by about 70 per cent. "Until renewable sources of hydrogen are commercially available, we must use the next best option, natural gas. By choosing natural gas to make hydrogen, we will cut pollution dramatically now, as well as build the framework for completely clean power - hydrogen generated from renewable energy sources," Hocking says. Using the Pembina Institute's technique, known as Life-Cycle Value Assessment, Climate-Friendly Hydrogen Fuel takes into account greenhouse gas emissions related to extracting raw materials to produce the hydrogen, processing and refining it, transporting and distributing it, as well as operating fuel cell vehicles with it. "We can also expect the choice of hydrogen supply systems to make a huge difference in how well this technology helps solve local air issues, such as acid rain and urban smog. As fuel cell options develop we will need to further refine our understanding of their full-cycle implications," says Macintosh. The study shows that options such as stripping hydrogen from gasoline would lead to only modest reductions in greenhouse gas emissions - in the order of 20 per cent. "With the production and marketing of fuel-cell vehicles just over the horizon, the decisions we make today are critical. If we power these vehicles with dirty hydrogen, we will entrench the role of vehicles as the biggest and fastest growing contributor to global warming," Macintosh says. Link..... davidsuzuki.org