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Fuel Cell Cars
Fuel cells system is now popular in the middle of society which awareness of environment saving begins to increase. Fuel cell is a kind of device which can be used to convert chemical energy; transforming fuel into electrical power through chemical reaction which uses oxygen or other oxidizing agents. The fuels used are generally hydrogen. Nevertheless, some also use alcohol like methanol and hydrocarbon like natural gas. Fuel cells can be used without limitation as long as its inputs are always supplied.

There are a lot of fuel cell types. It comes in various sizes as well. This fuel system can be applied in a building or a house, and also for some devices including vehicles like automobiles, forklifts, buses, boats, airplanes, motorcycles, and cars.

Car is a vehicle which can be the place for fuel cells application. Racing fuel cells world these recent days shows that the cars use fuel cell in order to operate the electric driving system. Nowadays, there are many famous car brands which make use of this fuel cells in some of their products; for instance, Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Fiat, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Volkswagen, Toyota, Peugeot, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Renault, and Lotus. It is now even common to see race car fuel cells in automotive scenes.

Why Fuel Cells Cars?

Fuel cells cars make use of fuel cells system which is known as the way to save the energy resulting on environmental saving. As we know, fuel cells is a electricity production system which allows a fuel as chemical energy turns into electricity after being processed in chemical reaction. The used fuel can be alcohol (like methanol) or hydrocarbon (such as natural gas).

Fuel cells system is slightly different from batteries which require stable oxygen and fuel to run, but some technicians also combine fuel cells with this battery energy-system as we can see in hybrid cars.

Race car fuel cells are advantageous in some cases. The first is on how it converts the fuel into electricity. During the conversion, there is no combustion stage which usually happens in traditional energy conversion into electricity. As the result, the carbon dioxide emission and pollution can be reduced. As we know, car is one of the greatest contributors on CO2 when it runs on the road as well as the pollutant contribution as it emits smog; the ones which can endanger people’s health. Involuntarily, the decreasing amount of pollutant and CO2 will save the environment and save the man more importantly.

Fuel cells application in vehicle like cars in any type will also save the energy as gasoline stock is going down from time to time. It remains as an alternative energy source which will be main choice in the future.

Furthermore, living with fuel cell vehicles can be the implementation of ‘go green’ principle. As global warming widespread is already booming lately, fuel cells can be a brilliant alternative to save the earth from further destruction.

Cars with fuel cells can be found in many places because some experts have already done research on how to manage this new energy conversion. In addition, people who have become more critical and aware of environmental issues like global warming also trigger the development of fuel cells cars and other vehicles. There is no wonder that vehicles manufacturers begin do develop this fuel systems in their products.

Thus, if you want to race while saving the environment, this is your time to work with fuel cells in your everyday life. By using this fuel system, you will not only save yourself, but the environment and also other people surround you.
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