Hydrogen Briefing in US Senate Tomorrow

A day after millions of Americans rush to the Post Office to pay their taxes or struggle to push their forms over the Internet onto overloaded IRS servers, the U. S. Senate will hold a briefing on the future of hydrogen technology in this country. Senators Byron Dorgan (D) and Lindsey Graham (R) plus Representative […]

Reaction to CARB Zero Emissions Vehicle Cut

Last Friday, I had talked about the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and their new ruling on March 27, 2008 to cut the number of zero emissions vehicles required by the big six automakers. Today I want to talk about a little history and reaction to this flawed ruling.
On March 25, 2008, the Union of […]

CARB Officially Chooses Plug-Ins Over Hydrogen and EVs

In December 2007, I had talked about how the biggest threat to both hydrogen cars AND all-electric cars would be the plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Two days ago, I talked about how the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the same entity that killed the electric car, (according to the movie), would likely choose to kill […]

CARB Expected to Let Automakers Build Fewer Fuel Cell Cars

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) will be meeting tomorrow to consider relaxing regulations concerning automakers manufacturing zero emission vehicles. Under current regulations, the Big 6 automakers including Volkswagen, Toyota, Nissan, Honda, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are mandated to produce 25,000 zero emission electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell cars between 2012 and 2014.
Between […]

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain on Hydrogen

As the 2008 Presidential election is just a little over half a year away, I thought I would do a little investigation into the proposed energy policies of all three current candidates. In particular, I wanted to know where Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain stand on the future of hydrogen technology.
President Bush was […]