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Figure 12.3 The Costs of Hydrogen Technologies

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Environmental
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Dollar
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National security
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and operation, including the inconvenient fact that exhaust water freezes at low temperatures.
National security costs for hydrogen technologies are very “low” or negligible because materi-
als for producing them and the hydrogen they utilize are available in the United States. This is a
very significant advantage hydrogen technologies hold over other energy technologies used for
transportation that may be acquired from foreign sources, contribute to global climate change, or
leave a legacy of long-term waste products that are attractive to terrorists. Energy sources of the
future will have to be cleaner, more secure, and more efficient than current sources. Fuel cells
fulfill these requirements.

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