Strong support offered for tougher fuel economy standards this afternoon by Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Dick Durbin (D-IL). Still, Dorgan couldn’t resist a couple of minutes on hydrogen cars.
I really wish he wouldn’t say “Hydrogen is ubiquitous. Hydrogen is everywhere.” Hydrogen is nowhere — hydrocarbons and H20 are everywhere, but making hydrogen from hydrocarbons produces huge amounts of greenhouse gases, and extracting hydrogen from water is incredibly energy intensive.
Fortunately, the Senator understands that hydrogen is at best a long-term strategy and that we need to focus on fuel economy today.
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