The only fuel cells that have a future on the mass market are those that use liquid fuels - since storage is impractical for gaseous fuels like hydrogen & methane. The only company that I know of that is developing Direct Liquid Fuel Cells is Medis Technologies in New York (http://www.medistechnologies.com), they are making a fuel cell for portable electronics that runs on ethanol without the need for a reformer to extract hydrogen or a proton exchange membrane. Ethanol is a renewable liquid fuel made by hydrolyzing and fermenting plant matter such as wheat straw, corn stalks, sugar cane, sugar beats, wood pulp & sawdust, recycled newspapers & cardboard, etc.. The great thing about Medis Technologies approach is that they have a product with mass market potential, so they can earn revenue while continuing to improve their technology. In contrast, while automotive manufacturers continue to tinker with useless hydrogen-based fuel cells, they have yet to sell a single fuel cell-powered vehicle.
Now Time Magazine Europe has acknowledged Direct Liquid Ethanol Fuel Cell technology. http://www.time.com/time/europe/forecast2003/html/mobile.html Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
