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"I was wondering," Oliver said, "if you could hold my statements
here--not send them."
"We can do that. Let me make a note. No problem."
"Thanks," Oliver said. "I'll check in from time to time."
"Or call me," Myron said. "I've got my eye on some companies--domestic
natural gas, fiber optics, fuel cell technology."
"I've heard of fuel cells. What are they?"
"They produce electricity directly from a source of hydrogen. You feed
them pure hydrogen or a hydrocarbon fuel; you get electricity, heat,
and water. No pollution. Very reliable. Cars would be the bonanza
market, but there are engineering problems to solve first--to make the
cars cheap enough. There are a lot of other applications. Residential
power. Industrial power."
"Wowzir!"
"It's a ways off," Myron said. "The people who develop a technology
aren't always the ones who make the big money with it. Developing a
business takes a different kind of skill." Myron shook his head. "I've
been burnt," he said. "You put a winning technology together with
winning management--_then_ you've got something."
"It's interesting. Well--do what you think best. I'll start following
these companies.
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