More arguments against hydrogen-powered cars.

One point that is made in this article that I think is very important is to note that environmental groups (not sure which ones) are angry about the hydrogen initiatives in the US and Europe because they put too much emphasis on generating hydrogen fuel with oil and coal and not enough on renewable resources like solar and wind (and biomass, which isn't mentioned). Hydrogen can be generated with renewable energy sources much more efficiently than if we plugged our cities directly into, say, windmills. That's the point, and I'm sorry to see that the governments are missing that. I mean, it's not like Operation Iraqi Obfuscation was about oil, right?

These researchers are also missing the point. We need to stop using fossil fuels entirely. I say to these researchers -- present a plan by which we can use fuel efficent cars now to achieve the desired effect in the meantime while we move towards fuel cells. I have never understood the opposition to raising fuel efficiency standards just a little every year, anyway.