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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

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The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy. Hence its supply would not be cheap, renewable nor sustainable in the long term. Nonetheless, hydrogen fuel cell cars are, like pure battery powered cars, classed as Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV).

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Georgia Tech team develops high-performance intermediate-temperature sold-oxide fuel cell

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The new one needs only about 500 degrees—a notch cooler than automobile combustion engines, which run at around 600 degrees Celsius. Our cell could make for a straightforward, robust overall system that uses cheap stainless steel to make interconnectors. —Chen et al.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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percent per year over the next four years so that in 2018 there is a ten percent reduction from the baseline. percent per year over four years for a total reduction of ten percent by 2018. For example, automobile firms have an incentive to invest in energy efficiency because consumers value fuel efficiency.

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