http://blog.maxdunn.com/articles/2008/06/11/24-watt-fuel-cell-only-5000 en-us 40 Max Dunn's Personal Blog <p>With all this talk about fuel cells, I have been wondering if it is possible to actually buy one. Here is one I stumbled across a <a href="http://www.powerstream.com/methanol-fuel-cell.htm">reformed methanol fuel cell that puts out 25 watts</a>. With the standard 12 oz cartridge of methanol, it will produce power for about 7 hours. One drawback is that it takes between 12 and 30 minutes to start-up, not very convenient if you need to get someplace quick. However the real kicker is the price &#8211; $5,000! If you wanted enough of these to power a car which takes about 15,000 watts, it would cost over $3 million! Or course this is a methane fuel cell and not a hydrogen one, but it provides another reason to believe that fuel cells are not the answer to the future of transportation.</p> <p><a href="http://www.powerstream.com/methanol-fuel-cell.htm"><img src="http://www.powerstream.com/z/prdct_xx25.jpg" alt="" /></a></p> Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:26:00 -0700 urn:uuid:af25eec6-25ee-4ef7-a0d0-97215cb8badc Max Dunn http://blog.maxdunn.com/articles/2008/06/11/24-watt-fuel-cell-only-5000 Electric Vehicles