I have a few questions about these "new" technologies...
1. Re-newable? re-cycle? Batteries? What would we rather have? -a. An exhaust plume from a coal-fired power plant that can be "scrubbed", and the earth itself helps breakdown the by-product (trees, grass, etc.), along with vehicles that emit a gas that the trees and grass "consume"? or -b. Heavy metals from the production of lead-acid, or ni-cad, or litium-ion batteries? Folks will say "you can re-use them time and time again!" ee-yeah, like three "re-fresh" cycles, and each one of those cycles produces "pollution", not to mention what heppens after they can't be "re-freshed"... whose landfill does all that go into? Oh, I know, the nuclear waste landfill! Here, they were up in arms about the mercury starting back in the late 60's, and now we've got even heavier, man-made crap now... This is like solar panels and wind "power" mills... a boondoggle. Just changing the nature of the "pollution".
2. Who wants a hydrogen fueling station down the street from their house? Can you say "BOOM!"? "Oh, it's safe! It's just a misunderstood fuel source."
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