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• A fuel cell is a device that produces electricity from chemical sources of fuel such as hydrogen. Uses for the fuel cell range from powering laptop computers to cars.

• Fast Facts

  1. Can produce electricity using hydrogen, hydrocarbons and alcoholsNOVA: How Fuel Cells Work
  2. Stack to produce more power
  3. Makes very little noise
  4. Different from batteries
  5. Constant flow of chemicals into the cell so it never goes deadNOVA: How Fuel Cells Work
  6. Discovered in 1838 by Christian Friedrich SchonbeinSmithsonian Institute: Collecting the History of Fuel Cells
  7. Useful power resources in remote locations

• Fuel Cell Cars

  President Bush announced an initiative in 2003 worth over $1 billion to encourage research into hydrogen fuel cells for cars. Despite this fact, it is predicted that the U.S. will only see at best two million fuel cell vehicles by 2020.CNET News.com: Fuel Cell Vehicles Still in First Gear (July 17, 2008)

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