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Hydrogen Fuel Cells: The Solution to America’s Transport Woes?
About Hydrogen - Fuel Cell Technology Fuel cell technology has the potential to completely revolutionize the way we power our vehicles. The U.S. Department of Energy says “the potential benefits of this technology are substantial”. Fuel cell technology can help to reduce America’s dependence on imported oil as well as lower the emissions that are causing global warming. Matthew Spencer, Greenpeace Climate Campaigner, believes that “Hydrogen fuel cell technology offers the potential for truly pollution-free transport.”(Source: Greenpeace: Go Beyond Oil ) What is Hydrogen - Fuel Cell Technology?The basic concept behind fuel cells is that vehicles are run on an alternative energy known as hydrogen gas as opposed to normal gasoline. There is a fuel cell stack that is in the vehicle and converts the hydrogen gas into electricity which then powers the vehicle.future generations.
Fuel Cells - National Geographic There are some significant benefits of fuel cell technology:
"we have to learn how to develop in a way that decouples pollution from prosperity”(Source: The World Wildlife Fund
Horizon PEM Fuel Cells : DigInfo
There are some significant benefits of fuel cell technology:
At this stage the technology is still facing a number of challenges that must be dealt with to enable vehicles running on fuel cells to be competitive with conventional gasoline automobiles. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been running a fuel cell vehicle testing program to help demonstrate the successful use of this technology in real life scenarios: “The program was also successful in demonstrating how a package delivery company, UPS, can incorporate such an advanced technology vehicle into its normal operations.” So it seems like we may well be driving around in vehicles powered by hydrogen in the very near future.
Source: Fuel Cell Chart
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Reduced greenhouse gas emissions: Vehicles powered by pure hydrogen do not emit any of the greenhouse gases. Matthew Spencer, Greenpeace Climate Campaigner, believes that “Hydrogen fuel cell technology offers the potential for truly pollution-free transport.”
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