Reply #4: no, Just very interested in any technology that will help with our

[JohnWxy]

dependence on fossil fuel, which cannot be allowed to continue.

The links I referenced yesterday are not the same as in this post.

The key to these more recent posts is that these pertain to FUEL CELL technology. As I said in my posts Fuel Cell technology hasn't been considered to be practical for a couple of decades because of hte technical problems to be overcome with handling free hydrogen.

The use of alcohol (ethanol ) to supply the hydrogen is actually a revolutionary development in that it solves safety issues and technical difficulties associated with using free hydrogen and may mean that Fuel Cell technology could be practical within a decade. THis is quite important in that Fuel Cell technology is the most promising technology for significantly reducing use of fossil fuels.

If you would look at the articles I provided links to you would see that the technical people point out that there are some significant advantages to using ethanol over gasoline as a hydrogen source for fuel cells. ALso, using a fossil fuel to suppply the hydrogen significantly compromises the benefits (in terms of freeing ourselves from fossil fuel) of fuel cell cars.

Keep in mind there are other uses for fossil fuel (petroleum products) other than fueling cars and trucks.

ANy technology that can help make fuel cells practical and bring them to market sooner is relly important not only in terms of fossil fuel dependence (and the drain on the economy of importing that fossil fuel) but also in terms of reducing GHG emmissiions to help with Global Warming which we need to start addressing immediately - if not sooner.