Keep Big Oil Firms Away From Fuel Cells

I was excited by James Flanigan’s “Speeding Up Interest in Fuel Cell Technology” (May 14), until I got halfway through it only to find out that ChevronTexaco and Shell are among those extremely interested in this new technology.

What depressing news. It just means more of the same: profits at any expense to the consumer, huge spikes in fabricated costs and the ability to raise prices way out of line with the economy.

Isn’t there some way to invite companies such as Wal Mart, Costco and Southwest Airlines to run this new technology? You know, the guys who always find ways to improve their profits while making the consumers feel that they are the most important part of the equation?

David Seale

Valencia