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they've been "almost here" for 30 yrs, so lets keep that in mind. Cars powered by fuel cells could be cool, electric motors having badass torque and all. The main reason, afaik, for their development is that they don't directly pollute. They do however require a fuel, and we still need to produce the vast amounts of hydrogen needed for widescale use of fuel cells, and then build the infrastructure to distribute it.
I see TONS of stuff about all the great uses for fuel cells, but nothing about how to obtain the hydrogen to power them. Its my belief that "fuel cell" is more of a buzzword than a serious technology atm, because as long as coal and oil are going to be burned to produce the electricty that will be used to seperate hydrogen from water, there's no real point.
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