> To small degree, that's correct, at least in the broader
> implication. But if
> I were to say just one whispered bit of advice, as that given in the
> "Graduate", it's "fuel cells."

I am *very* excited about fuel cells.  There are a few logistical issues to
address and Wirt alluded to one: for travel you will have to carry a lot of
hydrogen.  That is not easily done - yet.  I have a friend from high school
who was working on a H-tank that stored the hydrogen in a kind of "sponge".
The hydrogen would release when the "sponge" was heated.  I don't know how
it is going but I guess the recharge rate was fairly quick, ten minutes or
so.  Second, while H is plentiful, getting pure H in large quantities is not
easy.  You can get it from water using electrolysis, but that takes
electricity and you could use more energy just trying to get the H.  You can
get H from gasoline but that kind of defeats the purpose, although the
infrastructure is already there.  You can also get H from natural gas (or
methane) which will probably be good for home electricity generated by fuel
cells.  The process of extracting H from carbon liquids is called reforming
IIRC, but there is some carbon residue to handle.  I think we'll overcome
these issues or at least decide that they're preferable to the current
madness.

Mark "Coo Coo Ca-choo" Wonsil

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