About Us

When I was 16-years-old, my parents bought me my first car, which was a $200 "junker" with rusted out wheel wells and three tones of white paint. There was only supposed to be one tone of paint but since it was peeling all over the car, earlier paint jobs had shown through. The seats were ripped and there was a hole in the exhaust system, which spewed a cloud of blue smoke every time it was started. But, I loved that car.

I loved that car, not in the sense of being proud of it since when I first received it, I would park it in the back of the high school parking lot, then duck into my classes quickly so none of my friends would see my driving it. But, eventually I unveiled the car and started driving my friends around in it.

I loved that car, though, in the sense that it meant freedom. I could take long drives with it when stressed or explore the local cities and town in my region on my own terms. With that junk car I was able to get my first job, drive to it and make enough money to buy my own better car.

A few years later, I would work at a used car lot, washing cars and doing minor repairs such as brake jobs and changing alternators. At this time, I even decided to buy cars, fix them up and resell them from my home. Sometimes the side yard would have three or four cars in varying stages of disrepair.

While going to college, I worked at several newspapers as a journalist and graphic artist. Upon graduating with my B. A. in English, I would work at several more newspapers over time and became interested in the newest technology such as digital imaging and electronic pagination.

I'm in my mid 40's now and over the years I've worked as a journalist, graphic artist, technical writer and photographer. This is why in the 1990's I became so excited as the Internet was unfolding and developing as by building, writing and publishing websites, I was able to use all of my skills to my best advantage. In 2004, I broke away from the traditional 9 to 5 job to become a Web Publisher.

In 2003, I had listened to President Bush's State of the Union Address and made a mental note of his mention of hydrogen cars. Over the next couple of years, I did some limited research on the Internet to find out more, but was frustrated that I could not find a website that had all the information I wanted under one roof.

In the Spring of 2005, in a bout of angst about why I could not find more information about hydrogen cars, I decided to publish my own. So, in June 2005, this hydrogen car website was born and it has received much attention right from the start from those interested in lower prices at the pump, less dependency upon foreign oil and those interested in a cleaner environment.

In the Spring of 2006, I received the privilege of driving a hydrogen car for the first time. It was an Audi A2H2 that was being demonstrated in Long Beach, California. I was told by the test engineer, who came along with me in the passenger seat that the car cost $4 million to develop. Thoughts of my old $200 car, with chugging blue smoke, raced through my head as I was driving one of the most technologically advanced, pollution-free and noise-free vehicles ever developed.

We drove the car to a hydrogen refueling station, made by Air Products, a couple of miles away. On the way back, I must confess, I had fantasized about stepping on the pedal and becoming the first person in history to receive a speeding ticket in a hydrogen car. Coming back to reality, I then contemplated how the kids of today will be the hydrogen car drivers of tomorrow. For some a hydrogen car will be their first car. Things have come a long way in the 30 years since I had owned my first car. And, the excitement is just beginning.