Wrap Up
Social Change Needed
Must be willing to sacrifice convenience for our
environment
- FC vehicles may not have range of current IC vehicles
- Prices may not be competitive to IC vehicles
Bigger is not necessarily better
- Larger capacity is not more efficient if not efficiently utilized
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Ex. 8 passenger SUV with 2 passengers is a waste of
energy
Must select
components based on average not maximum power
- Average IC car only needs 20 Hp to cruise at 60 mph
Must stop procrastinating
- Can’t afford to wait until fossil fuels run out to investigate alternatives
Needed Fuel Cell Advancements
More efficient reformers of readily available
fuels
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gasoline
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methanol
Infrastructure of hydrogen stations
Safe hydrogen storage containers
More cost effective bipolar plate production
methods
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