These cars not blowing smoke on energy solution

These cars not blowing smoke on energy solution YOUR ENVIRONMENT By Lisa Lillelund Beverly Citizen Newspaper, Massachusetts, Thursday, Aug 14, 2008 There is no silver-bullet solution that will solve our ever-growing need for energy. The 230,00 million or so vehicles on the road in the United States need to be powered somehow and many of our global neighbors in third-world countries are just beginning to be able to purchase their first car so the numbers of cars on the road will only rise each year. Electricity needs in homes, offices, and factories around the world are growing exponentially each day. Since we Americans are the biggest per-person polluters, I think we should contribute new solutions to making cleaner forms of energy. Our more waste-conscious friends in Europe are leading the way and in China and India serious research and development is taking place for clean energy technology. Here in the United States there are a couple of exciting inventions and initiatives taking place that I am happy to tell you about. On Monday, Aug. 11, the Hydrogen Road Tour arrived in Massachusetts as part of a 13-day, cross- country trek with 31 stops to showcase this clean and innovative way to power cars with hydrogen instead of gasoline. Hydrogen itself gives off zero carbon emissions and the only related pollution is in the production of hydrogen similar to the making of other fuels and by products. Powering cars with hydrogen could enable us to ...