Mercedes to build $50M fuel cell plant in Burnaby!

Quoted from The Vancouver Sun

METRO VANCOUVER - Mercedes Canada today announced it will manufacture all its fuel cell stacks for its pre-commercial hydrogen fuel cell vehicles at a new $50 million plant opposite the Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation (AFCC) building on North Fraser Way in Burnaby,

The plant is expected to be in operation by 2013 and its production will be shipped to Germany for installation into a fleet of vehicles that will be assembled that year.

Mercedes Benz officials said the plant was the first of its kind worldwide said they expected to put fuel cell vehicles into commercial production in about 2016.

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Is nuclear power really new and clear?

Is nuclear power really the right way to go? In my opinion, no it is not. The recent reactor issues in Japan are said to be not quite as bad as Chernobyl, which was the worst nuclear disaster ever. We would hope that modern technology would drasticly reduce the risk of nuclear meltdowns or disasters, but it still seems to be pretty difficult to keep these power plants safe. To add insult to injury, the CBC has just reported a leak at the nuclear power plant in Pickering, Ontario. Apparently, the risk to the public is reported as "negligible", but it still doesn't sit right with many Canadians. It's surprising that in this world of green energy generation, that nuclear power is still an option for many countries. BC and Saskatchewan have reported that two huge wind farms have recently been brought online and are now supplying power their respective grids. Such modern green technologies are embraced by Western Canada and the rest of the world should really take note. I have been promoting green energy for years as a renewable and efficient energy source and the current media coverage of these nuclear issues should create another push towards worldwide green energy implementation.