Ohio governor wants Senate to go along with his plans for more high-tech money

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Ohio governor wants Senate to go along with his plans for more high-tech moneyJanuary 27, 2010
Third Frontier proposal slated for May ballot
Story by Kevin Niedermier

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland wants to increase what Ohio spends through its Third Frontier program. And he says the more conservative funding proposed by Senate Republicans will stifle high-tech job growth.

The Senate wants about half of what the governor and the House have proposed for the widely praised technology funding program.

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The T.M.I. fuel cells can run on a variety of fuels. The fuel flows over cells like these, causing a non-polluting, chemical reaction that
generates electricity.

$The inner workings of a fuel cell. Where the fuel passes over the cell it\'s a glowing hot 900 degrees celsius. But outside the device, the temperature is about the same as outside a household furnace.$

$A finished prototype. One of T.M.I.\'s file cabinet sized fuel cells can power an average sized house.$

Dr. Robert Ruhl talking with Governor Strickland. Ruhl invented this fuel cell technology when he was with Sohio a few decades ago. He followed the technology when Sohio was purchased by British Petroleum, and he came to T.M.I. when the company bought the technology from B.P. At 68, he says he should retire, but he wants stay with the program as it hopefully moves into commercial and military markets.

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