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NNadir

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17. It's not actually a battery per se; it's a fuel cell.

Reply to StevieM (Reply #15)

Tue Jun 19, 2018, 08:47 PM

Jun 2018

Commercial examples of fuel cells exist, although most use hydrogen or high temperature reforming.

They're sort of a holy grail. There are tons of types of fuel cells, including many that utilize DME. A problem with many is that the performance of their catalysts do not stand up to CO2, although I'm not familiar with the details of this one.

They won't make cars any less terrible though.

The destruction of the Mississippi Delta's ecosystem is very much tied to "green" and "renewable" corn ethanol production in Iowa.

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