VIDEO: Open with shot of woman pumping gas at station. Cut to gas station pricing signage.

Cut to CU of Case Western Reserve developed fuel cell. Dissolve to thin film version fuel cell for electronics.

Cut to shot of GM EV1 car on highway.

Cut to ECU of fuel cell designed for electronic components.

VOICEOVER: WITH ROLLING POWER OUTAGES AND THE SKY-HIGH COST OF GASOLINE, WHERE CAN WE LOOK FOR RELIABLE ENERGY? RESEARCHERS AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY BELIEVE THAT SOURCE WILL BE FUEL CELLS. THEY'RE DEVELOPING THESE SMALL DEVICES TO POWER COMPUTERS AND OTHER ELECTRONICS, AND SAY THERE IS A BIG FUTURE FOR FUEL CELLS IN AUTOMOBILES. IN FACT SEVERAL AUTO MANUFACTURERS ARE POISED TO MARKET THEIR FIRST FUEL CELL CARS. ROBERT SAVINELL, PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND A CASE WESTERN RESERVE FUEL CELL RESEARCHER, SAYS FUEL CELLS ARE SIMILAR TO BATTERIES, BUT MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER: Robert Savinell, CWRU professor of chemistry

INTERVIEW: "You're putting in hydrogen on one side, oxygen on the other side, electrons go through this loop, OK, and that's where your electricity comes from, and water is the product. So, it's a very clean operation." (TRT :12)

Cut to yet another version of a Case Western Reserve fuel cell.

Cut to old cars driving on highway.

Cut to shot of space station in orbit over Earth.

VOICEOVER: BESIDES REDUCING OUR DEPENDENCY ON FOSSIL FUELS FOR ENERGY, SAVINELL SAYS FUEL CELLS WILL GREATLY DECREASE HYDROCARBON EMISSIONS WILL ARE A MAJOR SOURCE OF AIR POLLUTION. MOST FUEL CELLS ARE EXPECTED TO USE HYDROGEN AS A FUEL SOURCE. FUEL CELLS ARE ALREADY USED IN SPACE AND THE TECHNOLOGY IS QUICKLY COMING DOWN TO EARTH.

ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW: Robert Savinell, CWRU professor of chemistry

VIDEO: Cut-away shot of fuel cell. Cut back to Robert Savinell on-camera.

INTERVIEW: "There's a number of projects around the world demonstrating these units for providing power, oh, for airports for example, hospitals, apartment complexes, shopping centers. Instead of building new large power plants, economics may make it more reasonable to build smaller power plants distributed where you need the power plants, and that's where fuel cells come in." (TRT :26)

VIDEO: Cut to cars in city traffic in Cleveland.

Cut to woman getting in her van at gas station pump. Cut to second woman pumping gas.

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A MAJOR OBSTACLE TO LARGE-SCALE AUTOMOTIVE USE OF FUEL CELLS IS THE SAFE STORAGE AND DISPENSING OF HYDROGEN FUEL. BUT RESEARCHERS ARE BETTING THAT A SOLUTION WILL BE FOUND.

THIS IS TOM SHROUT REPORTING FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND.