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Building Longer-Lived Fuel-Cell Stacks

Posted by Hemos on from the make-it-portable dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ballard Power Systems tells Wired that they have built a hydrogen fuel-cell stack that runs uninterrupted for 20,000 hours straight. But DuPont's Nafion membranes are very delicate, which makes the roadworthiness of fuel cells an issue."

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  1. No biggie... by FroMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Big deal, so a couple blow up when rear ended, who needs road worthy. We haven't had a Ford Pinto or Firestone tire problem in a couple years. We need more excitement on the roads.

    Granted cell phone users still add a bit of excitement to driving.

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  2. But GWB said... by Anubis333 · · Score: 4, Funny

    But George said we'd all be flying Hydrogen Fueled cars in no time! *Shucks* I guess we'll have to fall back on the President's other equally realistic transportation policy; Unicorns.

  3. Re:You're forgetting the major problem by TopShelf · · Score: 4, Funny

    What about using methane as the hydrogen source? There are already roughly 7,000 drive-through methane generation stations in the US...

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