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To: JACK R. SMITH JR. who wrote (9820)	3/20/1999 9:45:00 PM
From: Zeev Hed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14226

Jack, most hydrogen is produced by reforming hydrocarbons, Sasol has a process using coal (and steam of course). In any event, whether they end up with fuel cells powered directly with hydrogen or with gasoline which is reformed on board, big oil still wins. Now, if you said that in 20 years cars will be running on small cold fusion engines, then big oil would worry. But truly, they should not, since hydrocarbon should be used for petrochemicals not burning (VBG). Zeev

To: JACK R. SMITH JR. who wrote (9820)	3/22/1999 7:42:00 PM
From: George the Greek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14226

Jack, re: I predict that the fuel cell will not be widely adopted until it utilizes gasoline or some other distillate produced by the Oil Cartel. Ooooh, don't go out on a limb too much, Jack! :-) Seriously, though, I was wondering on the Ballard thread what kind of Big Oil muscle might be exerted against up-and-coming fuel cell tech, whether, for example, Ballard might end up facing an acquirer... Zeev, Your point that Big Oil wins in a hydrocarbon reforming scenario makes sense. Looks like it may well go that way, due to the high cost of refueling infrastructure... In the past, I always thought fuel cells meant hydrogen on board (stored on board). I'm learning. George