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An alternative to hydrogen.

By Green, Rex S.
Publication: The Futurist
Date: Saturday, November 1 2003

I eagerly read each word of Robert L. Olson's article on hydrogen looking for any mention of the development of sodium borohydride as the coming fuel for fuel-cell cars. Alas, Mr. Olson did not mention it. Sodium borohydride can be produced from boron in large quantities and stored as a milky

substance in auto fuel tanks. A converter must be added to the engine compartment to split off the hydrogen atoms for combustion, either by fuel cells or by internal combustion engines now on the road. Thus, no new fueling technologies are needed to implement this approach.

I have seen similar articles appear recently in other publications that do not mention this approach to burning hydrogen in automobiles. I fail to understand why. Sodium borohydride as a fuel was discovered more than a year ago and is currently being burned in demonstration autos driving on public roadways in the United States.

Editor's Note: Millennium Cell Inc. (www.millenniumcell.com) of Eatontown, New Jersey, is developing this technology, which has also been tested by Daimler-Chrysler in its experimental Natrium fuel-cell vehicle.

LETTERS: The editors welcome readers' responses to material appearing in THE FUTURIST. Mail may be addressed to Feedback, THE FUTURIST, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 450, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. E-mail: letters@wfs.org. Letters will normally be shortened and edited prior to publication.

Rex S. Green

RSGreen4@attbi.com

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