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Click for Video In the biggest sign yet that America may finally be ready to free itself from foreign sources of energy -- two giant industrial leaders, Dow Chemical and General Motors have completed the largest ever hydrogen fuel cell deal. According to the deal, General Motors will take the hydrogen that is a byproduct of Dow Chemical's manufacturing processes and use it with General Motors Fuel cells technology to create electricity. While hydrogen is the most abundant element on the planet -- it needs to be refined. Dow's Freeport, Texas chemical plant does just that. A fuel cell captures electricity when pure hydrogen passes through a special membrane and combines with oxygen to create H2O. Individual stationary fuel cells like the ones in the GM-Dow deal have enough power for ten homes or a small business. General Motors says, "make no mistake," their interest in fuel cells is ultimately for automotive applications -- and this deal, they say, will jump start us down the road to a hydrogen-based economy. --------------- Produced for General Motors Contact: Scott Michaeloff, 212-980-9090
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