[Wonder Warthog]

"So, they have to use a fossil fuel, NG, to fuel the fuel cells to produce electricity. What a novel idea? Oh! I thought we were going to get rid of fossil fuels altogether. Silly me!"

The advantage of the fuel cells is that they are far more efficient than other generation methods (steam or gas turbine). If the fuel cells are of the solid-oxide type, a steam-turbine "bottoming" cycle can increase the efficiency even more. So there is a legitimate advantage to generating power this way.

[Parmy]

The point is this: Energy that we use has to come from somewhere by some means.

The bottom line is also this: What is the cost in dollars as well as the toxic input to create this more efficient energy?

So far, all the so-called 'green energy' producers are not so 'green' at the front of their construction. And, nobody is thinking or speaking about that. I read articles where those companies are failing at a fairly rapid rate because without subsidies the energy they produce costs well above the market-price.