[Hugh R]

Between me, wifey and daughter we drive about 30,000 miles/year. The cars, 84 Targa, 626 Mazda, Toyota Highlander and Toyota Echo we average about 20 mpg. That means we use about 1,500 gallons of gas/year. At $2.25 average/gallon here in LA that's $3,375 per year for gas. In my good income bracket that represents a small, but significant amount of my income. With gas prices doubling in the last 18 months or so, I shell out an additional $1,500/year, or about $4 per day. Its cutting into my beer budget.

Seriously thought, hydrogen cars (a hydrogen economy) doesn't make sense unless you use nuclear or coal power (we've visited this issue before). We have lots of coal, but the CO2 global warming issue has to be addressed, as well as the enormous environmental issue of strip mining for coal. This country doesn't have the political will (not technical know how) to go back to building nukes.