We all know that the United States of America is addicted to foreign
oil. Gasoline and diesel are the fuels that drive us around both
literally and figuratively; without fuel the transportation and
distribution that America needs to survive would not exist. Currently
the U.S. automakers are working to build over 4 million ethanol enabled
Flex fuel cars in the next year alone. This is a very good start to
breaking the United States addiction to oil.
The ethanol E85, which uses 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline
will help ease the burden but it is more of a short-term solution for
the next decade or two and not the long-term solution we will be facing
in the future. As India and China demands more and more fuel this will
bring the world oil price per barrel up drastically. America needs
another solution in the future and it so happens there is one
available. Hydrogen fuel cells; President Bush has recently discussed
such advanced transportation technology in California and gave a speech
on the subject. Here is an excerpt of his official statement;...
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