Sugar: The Next Hydrogen Car Hope

Hydrogen-powered cars are here already. BMW, Honda and GM have all made them. The problem is — besides their extreme cost — that there’s no cheap and abundant source of hydrogen production out there. Scientists from Virginia Tech have developed a process that can convert sugar from plants — cellulose — into hydrogen.

They combine the sugar with water and a batch of enzymes and tah-dah: hydrogen. Of course, it’s not really that easy. The resulting amount of hydrogen is too low for commercial use, the group says, but it could be the first step into developing a realistic way to produce consumable hydrogen.

New system makes hydrogen from plant sugar (UPI.com)

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Unfortunately, growing things in US means polluting soil and water with cancerogens from pesticides and fertilizers.

and just like the price of food is going up partly because ethanol from corn, some food will go up due to this. ethanol is a waste and doesn't work, let's hope this sucker gives the hummer a 50mpg. otherwise, don't bother.

absolutely fantastic....
it doesn't fill all needs for all people, but enough will find it to be exactly what they're looking for.
For instance, it wouldn't be on my radar...I have kids and need to ferry them to school and back etc, so I wouldn't be interested in this sort of thing...but i know plenty of folks that live and work in the city that never seem to leave that environment...this would be perfect for them....scooting around, groceries, school, work...etc...