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Article: Fuel cells attractive energy alternative for future Hydrogen-burning system could power automobiles, offices, homes, factories
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- April 15, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Journal Record. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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WASHINGTON -- In a not-distant energy revolution, commuters may
drive home from work and, in order to use energy in an economical and
pollution-free way, leave their cars running all night.
The cars will be lighting, and heating or cooling, the houses the
commuters come home to.
Back at work the next day, the cars may pull up to docking
stations and pump electricity into offices or factories.
A new kind of vehicle, only a handful of which exist anywhere in
the world, could do that and more, proponents say.
A race is on among car manufacturers in the United States, Germany
and Japan to perfect automobiles that will run without expensive-to-
maintain, pollution-generating internal combustion ...