Cross-post... >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >From: "Darryl McMahon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:10:52 -0500 >Subject: [biofuel] (Fwd) Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: MIT study skeptical >about fuel ce >Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > >Sorry, slip of the fingers prevented delivery on first attempt. > >------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- >To: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Priority: normal >From: "Darryl McMahon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date sent: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:03:30 -0500 >Subject: Re: [biofuels-biz] Re: MIT study skeptical >about fuel cell vehicles >Send reply to: biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com > >[ Double-click this line for list subscription options ] > >"groundhogsteve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ><snip> > > My overall view is that there is no one "energy solution". It is a > > series of small incremental solutions that cover specific situations. > >Agreed. > > > I see fuel cells using hydrolysis from renewables as one part. > >For some reality on fuel cell potential in transport sector, see: >http://www.econogics.com/ev/fcevreal.htm > > > I see conservation as a big part still > >Absolutely. ><snip> > > > The first "beta" version of fuel cell cars are in the customer's > > hands in California and Japan. The first 30 busses are being > > demonstrated in Europe. All the fuel cell companies are being really > > secretive about where they are on platinum loading reduction and the > > overall cost curve. Ballard is actually out selling real fuel cells, > > not demonstration ones. So I think they will be coming into the > > mainstream within 5 years. > >Don't hold your breath. Government-funded buses and automakers PR cars do >not constitute a solution. > >Darryl McMahon
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