Why has the car industry developing fuel cells?
Because at current use rates there is only 10 to 15 years of usable oil reserves (gas has around 50+) with most estimates being 11 years. Products take a long time to develop and produce so unless we develop now for the oil-free future when the date comes we will see our transport systems crash to a stop! they are also developing micro combined heat and power fuel cells in Japan where the household boiler heats water by a fuel cell and so generates 1kW of electric as well, the average use per House peak averaged is around 680W so if all boilers fire at random times it will meet local demands with no need for national generating of any major scale and simplify the grid to a local bus network! Beware the oil Maximum is soon the date on which oil usage is maximum (low price, high availability and high demand) after which price continually rises as availability falls and demand HAS to fall to keep the price affordable and some people suggest we are nearly there now.
