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Unlike an internal combustion engine, which burns its fuel so inefficiently that only 20 percent of the energy in gasoline gets used, a fuel cell can pull off at least 30 percent efficiency by reacting its special fuels--hydrogen and oxygen gas--electrochemically.
But efficiency isn't the only reason fuel cell advocates take the gadgets so seriously. In theory, unlike internal combustion engine--which spew greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere--a fuel cell's only "pollution" is pure water and electrical current.
The Mouse Eyes the Net Having gobbled up Times Square, the Disney Corporation stalks a bigger prey: the Internet. Disney?s new filtering search engine aims to make the Web safe for families, but will it eliminate free speech?
First it cleaned up Times Square, now the Disney Corporation plans to do the same for the Internet. At an online industry conference Monday of more than 400 companies, most notably itself and AOL, Disney will announce the launch of a new search engine that will include only Web sites...
Still, a Disney search engine ? no matter how widely used ? would only be one of many. And AOL's Steve Case ? who also plans to introduce filtering software Monday ? points out that at least the industry is being seen to do something. "Regulation is not necessary," insists Case. Congress, where...