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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (186365)	5/9/2006 1:09:27 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

Fuel cells won't significantly dent fuel consumption for 50 years -- we need to look elsewhere. Actually, I concur that Fuel Cells in vehicles may be a long way off. However, when I speak to a "hydrogen economy", I'm more focused upon Hydrogen replacing other fuels for internal combustion engines. etecevs.com en.wikipedia.org The primary problem remains how to effectively store large quantities of hydrogen in a non-combustible form. There are two primary means that I've seen proposed.. One is Palladium Hydride: psc.edu And the other is Sodium Borohydride, a technology being researched and developed by Millenium Cell (MCEL) which I hold stock in. Subject 54918 But IC engines are notoriously inefficient, which is why so many folks are proposing Fuel Cells. But there are tremendous obstacles to wide-spread FC use, primarily the limited quantities of Platinum (and it's price). So the happy medium, IMO, is to continue IC use, but rely upon other fuels to power them. Hawk