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200-fold boost in fuel cell efficiency advances 'personalize

Science Codex -- The era of personalized energy systems — in which individual homes and small businesses produce their own energy for heating, cooling and powering cars — took another step toward reality today as scientists reported discovery of a powerful new catalyst, nickel borate, that would be a key element in such a system. They described the advance, which could help free homes and businesses from dependence on the electric company and the corner gasoline station, at a meeting of the American Chemical Society.

Our goal is to make each home its own power station," said study leader Daniel Nocera, Ph.D. "We're working toward development of 'personalized' energy units that can be manufactured, distributed and installed inexpensively.

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Submitted Sep 01, 2010 By: PhilMils

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Bussman Champion Author Dallas Posts:3,871 Points:994,465 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 12:55:26 AM Ignore Bussman Report Abuse Keep innovating!
PhilMils Champion Author Virginia Posts:4,865 Points:950,735 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 4:45:22 PM Ignore PhilMils Report Abuse jcurley, it is a 200-fold increase they're going for, not a 200% increase. They want it 200 times what it is now. That would devastate the current energy companies and I wouldn't cry a bit about that.
jcurley Champion Author California Posts:5,650 Points:1,324,595 Joined:Dec 2007	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 3:03:28 PM Ignore jcurley Report Abuse I think this article was posted somewhere else, earlier. However, this is still a great thing! Double however, the energy companies and the Senate built to protect them, will squash this like a bug. IMHO.
qwerty17 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:1,555 Points:671,890 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2010 2:28:40 PM Ignore qwerty17 Report Abuse better living through chemistry.