Journalist covers fuel
cell development
Dr. Tom Koppel is author
of Powering the Future: The Ballard Fuel Cell and the Race
to Change the Future, the story of a Canadian company's
efforts to create a pollution-free alternative to the internal
combustion engine. The award-winning freelance journalist followed
the story of the Ballard fuel cell for more than 10 years, and
first wrote about it for the Financial Post Magazine and
Reader's Digest.
Powering
the Future, his second book, was nominated for Canada¹s
National Business Book of the Year Award in 2000. Koppel has
contributed feature articles on business, science, history and
travel to national magazines in Canada and the United States.
He lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.