Fuel Cells Make Power for Homes in Japan
March 3, 2008 By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer
Masanori Naruse sits back on a couch at his home in Hiratsuka, near Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Naruse's home gets its electricity and hot water from power generated by a hydrogen fuel cell. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
(AP) -- Masanori Naruse jogs every day, collects miniature cars and feeds birds in his backyard, but he's proudest of the way his home and 2,200 others in Japan get electricity and heat water - with power generated by a hydrogen fuel cell.
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