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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (3777)	12/31/2008 8:08:36 PM
From: Eric	Respond to of 86355

Well.... ICE's are out. They will never be efficient enough. Thermodynamically they just can't cut it. The big problem I have with fuel cells is how they work. We cannot violate the laws of physics and chemistry. I remember an experiment one of my physics teachers did almost 40 years ago in class in college. We built a very crude fuel cell. On the blackboard he explained the problem all fuel cells have. That has not changed. Then you have the problem of making hydrogen, that is not efficient either. So when you look at the "entire series efficiency" it just doesn't make sense. If you could get the efficiencies into the 90's with all of the steps then I would be happy to change my mind.