>> >> I await sensible direct-Methanol fuel cells. Better
>> > still direct-Diesel ! :-)

> Funny, this.  In the dentist's office yesterday morn, I found a 
> paragraph
> in a sidebar suggesting that a research group from a University
> (Northwestern?) is working on a diesel fuel cell to power 
> accessories
> for truckers, to reduce emmissions when they pull over at night.  It
> was in the May issue of Popular Science.
>
> Google for "diesel fuel cell" reveals 650+ hits; remove the quotes 
> and
> it jumps to 700,000+.

Alas they all seem to be taking the path of  reforming the Diesel to 
produce Hydrogen and proceeding from there. It's a start though.


        RM

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