You’ve probably heard about fuel cells.

Fuel cells are one of the most popular buzz words at the moment; everyone wants a car with a fuel cell. Surely you’ve heard of fuel cells. Where did they come from? Well, President Bush, in 2003, created the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative, which helped to fund fuel cell development. They had existed before this, but the proposal was the first major government funding of fuel cells, and was the reason why they began to have mainstream sucecss. So what are these things and how do they work? How come so many people are interested in them? Well, most people are interested in them because of the main idea: fuel cells are capable of making energy without noise or pollution. This is in comparison to fossil fuels, which make a lot of noise and a lot of pollution when they are creating energy. The main idea behind fuel cells is the polymer electrolyte membrane, which allows this process to take place. It takes hydrogren and oxygen and makes them into wayer, and was it does this, energy is created in the process. The fuel cell also stores this energy, effectively creating a neverending battery. The only problem with fuel cells at the moment is the cost; other than that, they might be the ideal form of energy.