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Technology Stocks : Ballard Power -world leader zero-emission PEM fuel cells -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: yard_man who wrote (2050)	3/26/1998 2:52:00 AM
From: Dr. Godless	Respond to of 5827

>>He is right. This technology can only be used in a hybrid config. Production of what's needed for any appreciable range is a real technological hurdle according to anything I've read.<< So all these gorgeous photo opportunities with people drinking bus exhaust are pretty misleading. The bus may burn pure hydrogen, but the cars probably won't. Are the fuel cells that much more efficient than ICEs? Because unless they travel more miles per mole of CO2 produced, the only advantage I can see is a reduction in the incompletely combusted hydrocarbons that stink up our city streets. No small bonus come to think of it, but isn't the threat of global warming one of the fires under Ballard's stock price? (NPI) Have they overstated the environmental advantages of the fuel cells, or are they hoping to come up with a solution to storage problem? My buddy seemed to think they'd have to use neutronium tanks. That could add a lot to the cost and weight of a car. : )