| We all know that the United States of America is | | | | we're talking about. Hydrogen is used in a fuel cell |
| addicted to foreign oil. Gasoline and diesel are the | | | | that can power a car that uses no gasoline, |
| fuels that drive us around both literally and | | | | produces no pollution or greenhouse gas emissions. |
| figuratively; without fuel the transportation and | | | | Hydrogen vehicles can be twice as efficient as |
| distribution that America needs to survive would | | | | gasoline vehicles. Hydrogen can be produced from |
| not exist. Currently the U.S. automakers are | | | | domestic energy sources, which means it has the |
| working to build over 4 million ethanol enabled Flex | | | | potential -- a vast potential -- to dramatically cut |
| fuel cars in the next year alone. This is a very | | | | our dependence on foreign oil."President George |
| good start to breaking the United States addiction | | | | W. Bush (April 22, 2006)You see, there are |
| to oil.The ethanol E85, which uses 85 percent | | | | already hydrogen-powered vehicles being used in |
| ethanol and 15 percent gasoline will help ease the | | | | California (buses). And companies like UPS are also |
| burden but it is more of a short-term solution for | | | | considering hydrogen powered trucks to drive |
| the next decade or two and not the long-term | | | | between terminals as a hedge against high fuel |
| solution we will be facing in the future. As India | | | | prices, which will help them compete for higher |
| and China demands more and more fuel this will | | | | profitability in the already very aggressive and |
| bring the world oil price per barrel up drastically. | | | | competitive ground transportation shipping |
| America needs another solution in the future and | | | | business. If over the road trucks and buses use |
| it so happens there is one available. Hydrogen fuel | | | | hydrogen cells then there will be less soot and |
| cells; President Bush has recently discussed such | | | | pollution in the air. Eventually and hopefully perhaps |
| advanced transportation technology in California | | | | work trucks and cars will also run on hydrogen |
| and gave a speech on the subject. Here is an | | | | fuel cells. Considered as a 2006.Lance Winslow - |
| excerpt of his official statement;"I strongly believe | | | | Online Think Tank forum board. |
| hydrogen is the fuel of the future. That's what | | | | |