Can a 19th Century Discovery be the Solution for the 21st Century Energy Problem?

Fuel Cells:
Can a 19th Century Discovery be the Solution for the 21st Century Energy Problem?
By
Daniel McCarthy
Professor Regis P. Beighley
Eco 2252
September 30th 2001
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Fuel Cells: Can a 19th Century Discovery be the Solution for the 21st Century Energy Problem?
The energy crises of the 1970s and the discovery of the depletion of the Ozone layers in the 1990s have generated a sincere search for an alternate energy source. Restraints placed the new energy source are that it needs to be efficient, a renewable resource, and must be environmental safe…