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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (80760)	6/3/2000 11:39:00 PM
From: Krowbar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Lather,Manhatten Scientifics has a micro fuel cell that uses a water/methanol mix that it catalyzes to get 5 hydrogens from each methanol molecule. The CO left over from the methanol being split is combined with an oxygen from the water to free up 2 more hydrogens and releasing the CO2. This makes the methanol much more efficient, although it hasn't been scaled up to car sized fuel cells yet. The first target will be cell phones and laptops, etc. that will be refueled instead of recharged. The hydrogen storage problem for garagable vehicles has been solved by Energy Conversion Devices. Texaco has just bought 20% of the company for 67M when they saw what they had. ECD has a hydride storage system that efficiently and safely stores 40% more hydrogen than the equivalent volume of liquid hydrogen. I believe that this storage system will change everything, and make hydrogen the fuel of choice for the not-far-off future. ovonic.com Del