Comments on: Federal Hydrogen Fuel Cell Funding Restored

By: eaglewatch1945

eaglewatch1945 — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:21:50 +0000

The problem with Hydrogen Fuel Cells is that it currently requires so much energy to produce. The government funds used towards Fuel Cells are more concerned with the final product more so than efficiency. In the short term, biomass, solar, wind, and hybrid tech should be getting the most mainstream attention. Hydrogen should still be worked upon, but in the private sector so that companies can weigh the benefits and decide when it’s right to implement.

By: Bay Elliott

Bay Elliott — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:35:22 +0000

Thank God that the Senate decided to overrule Chu: we were as dumb as we wanted to be and gave away our 95% market share of solar to Germany over the past 15 years and we have been heading down that path on the even more essential and important path of H2 generation and H2 Fuel Cell development. Even with this heightened budget, back to a bit above where it was, we will still be way behind Europe and Japan. I am very thankful that the Senate has the vision and understanding to restore this budget and I hope that it will become a reality. Beyond that, I am praying that Americans will start to realize that not only is H2 the answer but that we have been falling behind in this technology and we need to significantly step up the research and development support from the government. We are much closer than most of our citizens realize to inexpensive, benign, renewable, distributed, scaleable H2 and H2 fuel cells for all power generation and transportation needs. Thank god we are begining to move back in the right direction.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:57:25 +0000

Halle-freakin-luiah! I’m glad not all people are jumping on the lemming train up there! I thought Chu and Obamma were going to let the rest of the world pass us by! Thank you Mr. Dorgan!

By: Rodolfo

Rodolfo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:13:22 +0000

A great step in the right direction. Hydrogen is clearly a long term solution to creating an efficient and scalable alternate energy solution. A battery only solution for cars is purely a short term fix but combining that with hydrogen to create a hybrid vehicle is a profitable solution in the long term. If funds are to be allocated it is necessary that the long term goals be met !