Fuel-cell Vehicles for Americans

hey writes "An article titled Fuel-cell vehicles run clean, but is their future clear? in the Japan Times says Honda is leasing fuel-cell cars to individual Americans. The article mentions: 'Honda officials said it is easier for the automaker to start leasing in the U.S. because there are more hydrogen gas installations there than in Japan.'"

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Hydrogen installations in the US?

[DimGeo]

'Honda officials said it is easier for the automaker to start leasing in the U.S. because there are more hydrogen gas installations there than in Japan.'

Erm... Provided noone has ever used such a car in the US before, how's that that there are fuel stations by now? Or am I missing something?

Re:Price note

[Ralph Spoilsport]

Also: How do you dig up Palladium? Ooooh - that's right - you NEED OIL to do it - the mining machinery is all diesel.

HYDROGEN IS NOT THE SOLUTION.

Hydrogen fuel cells are more like "batteries", and I think calling them FUEL cells is deeply misleading. We need to do the following, ASAP:

1.Reduce our population (without resorting to war and famine and such like)
2. Stop Using Oil
3. develop a lifestyle that is slower, more decentralised, and a few orders of magnitude more efficient.

Otherwise, we're going back to the caves in 1000 years and just hang out waiting for the next asteroid to take us out or the flu to do us in.

Face it folks: THE PARTY'S OVER.

RS