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Powering the Future:The Ballard Fuel Cell and TheRace to Change the World
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More About This Title Powering the Future:The Ballard Fuel Cell and TheRace to Change the World

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Tom Koppel is an award-winning freelance writer. He has contributed feature articles on business, science, history, and travel to national magazines in Canada and the U.S. for nearly twenty years. He has been following the story of the Ballard fuel cell for over ten years, and first wrote about it for the Financial Post Magazine and Reader's Digest. He lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. Powering the Future is his second book.
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Acknowledgements.

Preface.

Miracle Valley.

Engine of the Future.

A Notable Surface of Action.

An Opportunity for Canada.

Small is Beautiful.

Three Guys and a Prayer.

Nugget of Gold.

Going for Broke.

On the Road.

Venturesome but Conservative.

Bad Blood.

Strategic Partners.

Company with a Difference.

The Starting Pistol Has Been Fired.

The Intel of the Auto Industry.

Dare to be Different.

Endnotes.

Index.
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Praise for Powering the Future:

"One day in the future – and sooner than you may think! – fuel-cell power will be commonplace and people will wonder how it all came to be. Koppel's book describes the important role Ballard Power Systems is playing in this revolutionary technology." —Dennis Simanaitis, Engineering Editor, Road & Track magazine

"The Ballard fuel cell is a powerful example of a Canadian enterprise that could transform the world of energy and help save the environment. It's a story that needs to be told." — David Crane, Economics Editor, The Toronto Star

"The Ballard fuel cell holds great promise as an energy source for the ecological millennium. It's a fascinating and inspiring story." — Dr. David Suzuki, Biologist, Author, and Host

"...a great yarn of adventure, discovery and ambition. Koppel's account covers all the bases, from personal to technological, presented with a veteran...journalist's even-handed perspective. With most of the world's automakers now looking closely at fuel-cell technology, the great tale has a lot of relevance to what we may see on our roads within the next decade or two."
— John Terauds, Toronto Star

"This book tells the fascinating story of the development of the Ballard fuel cell and how a small Canadian company grew to world-class stature and went on to form partnerships with some of the largest companies in the world.... This book will appeal to a wide audience,...is entertaining and generally nontechnical.... I strongly recommend it."
— Timothy E. Lipman, American Scientist

"Ballard's rise from its humble beginnings in a makeshift lab in Arizona in the 1970s to its pivotal position today— DaimlerChrysler and Ford both hold stakes in it— makes compelling reading. And Mr. Koppel explains the technology in a way that the average reader can understand."
— Fred Brock, New York Times

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