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New platinum-based hydrogen fuel cell as cheap to make as conventional car engine
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Looked through the article but didn't see how much platinum was required for each cell. Given the limited amount of platinum I imagine this solution wouldn't scale well. Hopefully similar PEM systems can be created with more abundant metals.
Platinum is 100% recyclable already. It's highly unlikely this is a major problem.
The thing is it's also very rare from what I heard.
You only need grams of it per fuel cell stack. It is not much more than what is already being used in catalytic converters. So it is unlikely to be a big problem.
Thanks I wasn't aware it was that little that was needed. Guess in a fuel cell it will even have a longer life span than in a catalytic converter.
It's also harder to steal
Hold up OP. Did you downvote our friend for posting a well thought out opinion? This isn't Reddit. We don't need that here.