TOEFL integrated writing: fuel-cell engines

The listening claims that fuel-cell engines are not the practical solution or alternative to the commonly used I.C. (internal combustion) engines. The reading passage, by contrast suggests that these fuel-cell engines have several advantages over the I.C. engines.

According to the lecture, pure hydrogen that is readily available cannot be used directly as hydrogen must be in liquid state to serve the purpose of combustion. This liquid hydrogen is highly artificial and hypothetical proposition as it is very difficult to produce liquid hydrogen because of very low temperature (250 degree cels...

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