Gas 2.0

Hydrogen Fuel Could, Maybe, Possibly, be in Your Future

Posted: 07 May 2010 01:36 PM PDT

By now hearing about the promise of hydrogen fuel doesn’t produce nearly the same excitement of yesteryear. Does it sound sacrilegious to say it almost generates irritation at the mention of an alternative energy form that sounds so promising as to even exist as a beautiful fantasy?

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Hawaii Set to Juice Up; Getting Nissan LEAF, Electric Car Factory and Battery Swapping

Posted: 07 May 2010 11:06 AM PDT

As Dan Quayle so famously elucidated for us back in the 80s, "Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here.”

And, as a tropical island paradise in the middle of the Pacific that is right here and part of the US, Hawaii’s got a lot going for it. Surfing, lush rainforests, sandy beaches, mesmerizing volcanoes, amazing weather, universal health insurance, a compact footprint and nice people. But along with all that stuff, by the very nature of its being so isolated, Hawaii also has some ridiculously high gas prices caused by a constrained resource supply.

Which is why Hawaii has decided to try and get away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible and move to electric cars.

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