Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Gene said: "Any body know of a public company that researches/builds hydrogen fuel cells for commercial use? The infastructure isnt there yet but once it builds some momentum, fuel cells look like a very promising alternative to fossil fuels, as least in automotive applications."

Avernus said: "[QUOTE=Gene]Any body know of a public company that researches/builds hydrogen fuel cells for commercial use? The infastructure isnt there yet but once it builds some momentum, fuel cells look like a very promising alternative to fossil fuels, as least in automotive applications.[/QUOTE] Is this the likely route?...I thought the likely route was helium 3...This is just my opinion, but that's why I thought Bush wanted to go back up to the moon as it is highly abundant there..we can use that for the same purposes, and if we were to stake claim into it...we'd (they would *rather) be the ones reaping the benefits from this...but we're probably another 15 years away from this. So who knows.."

Gene said: "I dont believe its certain how much helium 3 there is on the moon and itll be quite some time for us to go there, mine it, get it back to earth, and eventually use it in automobiles. Im guessing if this is the plan it may take somewhere on the order of 50 or more years before this technology becomes the norm. Hydrogen fuel however, may be the mainstream by 2020."

Avernus said: "[QUOTE=Gene]I dont believe its certain how much helium 3 there is on the moon and itll be quite some time for us to go there, mine it, get it back to earth, and eventually use it in automobiles. Im guessing if this is the plan it may take somewhere on the order of 50 or more years before this technology becomes the norm. Hydrogen fuel however, may be the mainstream by 2020.[/QUOTE] there is enough to fuel us for "thousands of years""