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Getting Serious About Fuel Cells

electroniceric writes "For those of us who moonlight as politics wonks as well as tech nerds, you may have noticed posts (1,2) in the Washington Monthly's blog pointing to interesting articles about the business community's new take on climate change, world oil supply predictions as well as a fascinating article about lower-cost ethanol together with a new fuel cell technology that can use impure hydrogen. Are we really about to turn a corner in global climate change response? Is this all vapor and breathless journalism about a world-saving new technology, or is it perhaps a brilliant investment strategy? Nobody knows (or claims to know) better than Slashdot..."

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  1. Gah by Turn-X+Alphonse · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    With the recent oil prices it makes sense to spend a little to find a cheaper way to run different things.

    The Iraq war doesn't look like it will end any time soon and who knows if America will attack another country again.

    No one cares about the oil, they care about the money involved.

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    I like muppets.
  2. Re:Fighting wars? by Camel+Pilot · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh Great! We will just have to use post-modern methods to rage war.

    The amount of energy required to deliver a multiple warhead nuclear missle is really quite small.