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Hydrogen-powered cars are catching on with major automobile manufacturers, but will attempts to gain uneducated consumers in this new technology dissolve into thin air?
It appears this new method of powering cars is here to stay, although it looks to be a slow process for it to take the whole world by storm.
Hydrogen cars are gaining support from federal and state governments in the United States because of the drastic increase in gas prices, and the growing threat to our environment from emissions released by fossil fuel. President Bush and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have campaigned with the promise of allocating funds to the development of the hydrogen-powered car business.
Mercedes-Benz, Ford, General Motors, Honda and Hyundai have already developed hydrogen cars. Nissan, Toyota and Volkswagon also have hydrogen fuel cell cars in development.
Hummer released a model that can be converted to hydrogen power with a price tag of $60,000 in addition to the retail price of the vehicle.
Buyers can expect to purchase expensive models – most more than $150,000 – until mass production sets in. Leaders in the industry believe that might not take shape for the next 10 to 20 years.
The cost to build a hydrogen fill station in California is close to $600,000. Schwarzenegger announced his intentions to install hydrogen filling stations every 20 miles along major highways in the state before 2010, but analysts believe that goal is too ambitious because of the cost.
The natural environment would benefit from increased usage of hydrogen-powered fuels, but until a majority of motorists utilize this new form of technology, the pollution emitted from fossil-fueled cars will dominate the air. So the hydro-car buyer in the next couple of years can be assured that his or her vehicle is keeping the air clean, but that will be negated by the neighbor’s gas-guzzling SUV.
Researchers and scientists fear that hydrogen-powered vehicles will lose public-interest momentum the longer they are not widely visible in the market. However, government officials, like Bush and Schwarzenegger, understand any form of energy deviating from the reliance on imported oil or gas can boost the economy. The support to fund development in this project is bipartisan and widespread.
Given this fact, and the reality that our natural environment will not improve in its current state, interest in further developing the hydrogen-powered vehicle will increase as the years go by instead of decrease.
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