“A spokesman said the car would be leased to selected customers rather than sold because of its high price.”

That is exactly what they did when the electric car came out. Then they yanked them all back and shredded them, even brand new cars. We can’t have anything that cuts into oil corporation profits.

The auto market isn’t ready for hydrogen yet. Some exciting things are happening using internal combustion engines outside of the car market. Take a look at Hydrogen Engine Center in Iowa. They’re using the old Ford 4.9 liter design to burn gas, biodiesel, propane, or hydrogen to run ground support equipment at airports and as power generators. It’s a small start but at least they’re headed in the right direction.

Don’t forget - hydrogen-powered cars are useless until the hydrogen used to power those cars can be generated without burning fossil fuels.

If fossil fuels are burned to generate the electricity that is used in the electrolysis of water to seperate the hydrogen for use in a car, you still are left with fossil fuels being used to power cars.  Most of the electricity generated in the US comes from coal.

We should care a lot more about non-poluting (or less-polluting) power generation than about hydrogen powered cars.