ction theyare headed. DaimlerChrysler plans to market their fuel cell cars by the year 2004. Engineers plan to take off 660 pounds of the engine weight before marketing to the public. Ford says they will unveil a fuel cell car this spring. Other automakers such as GeneralMotors Corp. and Honda Motor Co. are pouring in hundreds of millions of dollars into thefuel cell car industry. (Associated Press) Companies are developing solid-oxide fuel cells. DaimlerChrysler officials are working on NECAR X, which will run on methanol. Methanol contains hydrogen and is the auto industry's favored fuel to power fuel cells. However, methanol-fueled cars would require a national network of methanol stations. To understand fuel cells you need to know how they work, how they are beingused today, and how they will be used in the future. Section II.When evaluating an energy source two good criteria to use are environmentalfriendliness and reliability. Environmental friendliness is a good piece of criterion to use when evaluating anenergy source. Environmental friendliness is how much the resource affects theenvironment. Environmental impact is very important because if you don't respect theearth now you won't have any resources later. Without natural resources we won't be ableto live. If we keep letting carbon dioxide go into the atmosphere and kill trees and otherplants we will die of carbon dioxide poison. We will also continue global warming. Electricity is a good example of environmental friendliness because it doesn't have anyharmful waste products. Reliability is a good criterion to use when evaluating an energy source. Reliabilityis how well you can depend or trust something. Reliability is very important because it isoften in crisis or when we need something the most that it is unavailable or doesn't work. In an emergency situation reliability is very important because it can save lives. Whenyour power goes out you want a reliab...
