Growing evermore pressing is the need for clean and sustainable
power sources. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Working Group I report, Climate Change 2021: the Physical
Science Basis, recently brought the devastating impacts of
unsustainable human activity, and the need for change, into
sobering focus.1 Technological solutions are required to
transition away from traditional power sources, such as oil and
gas, due to the finite supply and harmful byproducts that result
from their production and combustion.
The rise of Tesla, Inc., a company whose name has become
synonymous with battery-powered Electric Vehicles (EV), corresponds
with the increasing global recognition of this need for change.
With the spotlight on Tesla and battery power, many have overlooked
another promising clean alternative to the internal combustion
engine: fuel cells. Although first…