hydrogen-based fuel-cell engines

Both the reading passage and the lecture discuss the issue of hydrogen-based fuel-cell engines. The reading passage states all the disadvantages of online encyclopedias, while the lecture casts doubt on the statement put forward in the reading passage.

Initially, the article outlines that the Chevalier was rich in assets but poor in cash while he was living in Switzerland, he occasionally had to borrow funds to pay for expensive recreational activities. Having low amounts of cash isn’t the same as being financially poor, whilst the lecture argues it, stating that as someone who had to borrow large amounts of money from others, the Chevalier must have fabricated stories of his wealthy life in Switzerland.

Furthermore, the author mentions that the skepticism expressed in the reading regarding the reliability of the conversation with votaries that the Chevalier recorded in his memoir. She explains that because the Chevalier had a habit of recording each conversation in detail even years later. The professor departs from the idea, underscoring that after every conversation, Chevalier would write it down, and reviewed it before he wrote the memoir.

Lastly, according to the reading passage author states that Chevalier should have bribed for freedom instead of escaping the prison from its ceiling, whereas the lecture refutes it highlighting that bribery is impossible because none of prisoners that had more powerful friends than he did bribed jailors for freedom.

Hence, the lecture questions the reading passage by provided contrasting points to it.