Dr. Ruth Berggren, an infectious disease specialist at Charity Hospital, said the facility had electricity until back-up generators ran out of fuel Tuesday.
On a larger scale, stationary fuel cells are providing back-up power for hospitals, military bases, banks, and telecoms (especially to keep cell towers online).
Fuel costs are roughly one third of expenses and WTI has climbed backup to the mid-nineties per barrel so the spiral of fare increases and capacity reductions will continue making travel even less tolerable than it already is.
Healy and Brewster dream of people someday driving a fuel-cell car up to an Enernoc meter during peak demand and pumping electricity back into the grid.