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Joi Ito's Web: How Hydrogen Can Save America
There's been a lot of gum-flapping about the future of the American energy infrastructure and the so-called "Hydrogen Economy". In fact Wired has a great article about the need to push for this. Wired claims that in 10 years, the hydrogen economy can be reality with the same kind of governmental-blessing (and check-writing) that put Americans on the moon. I seriously would love to see it, but in the end, I'd still hate to be taxed for every mile I drive. I know, I'm still taxed in the EVs and on the Caltrain, but in the end, it amounts to pennies per week, not pennies per mile. What can I say? I'm cheap. In the end when it comes down to it, if it really cost me more to drive an EV than it does to drive a gas car, then I wouldn't do it. What's funny is that everyone thinks they're expensive and yada yada. The secret is that I'm going to pay about 1/4 over the life of my vehicle of what owners of gas cars play for their vehicles and this includes maintenance, new batteries, etc.
On a semi-related note...
To the protesters of the war on Iraq: Bottom line is that if you want to change the world...if you want to stop the war...if you want to clean the environment...if you want to save money...etc etc...
The answer is simple: Stop using gasoline. Stop driving the cars powered by Iraqi oil to the your protests rallies and marches. Stop screaming in the streets for change and not changing yourself. Stop buying Hummer H2s and putting a "No War on Iraq" bumper sticker to the rear beam of steel you call a bumper.
Me personally, I don't care about the war. It does not concern me. I've reduced my depency on foreign oil to almost nothing and hopefully someday that will end completely.
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