Laptop Battery President Bush's call Tuesday for a $1.2-billion Freedom Fuel program to help develop a national hydrogen fueling system won praise from environmentalists and automakers alike.
So is President Bush dreaming deep when he called hydrogen the fuel of the future Let’ cell technology proponents decide. So far, cell vehicle by the end of the decade. cell manufacturer Ballard Power Systems Inc. also promised to demonstrate a commercially viable hydrogen fuel cell by 2010. Among other hydrogen technology proponents, the future of hydrogen fuel cell technology may depend on these companies.
Thinkpad The program isn't new -- the administration last year established the Freedom Car program, in which the Energy Department and the U.S. Big Three auto companies are jointly developing technology to speed commercial use of hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles. The Freedom Fuel program would augment that by stepping up development of hydrogen fuel refining, storage and delivery systems.
In engines, the hydrogen could be used in fuel cells or burned in place of gasoline, said Randy Corright, Madison professor who worked with Dumesic on the original invention.
Microsoft About $720 million of the funding Bush proposed in his State of the Union address is new money to be spread over five years; the rest already is part of the Freedom Car program, sources said.
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Laptop Computers Still, the president's proposal "is a significant commitment" to developing an alternative to the internal combustion engine, said Max Gates, environmental affairs spokesman for Chrysler Group, the U.S. arm of DaimlerChrysler and one of the Freedom Car participants.
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Laptop Computer Though National Wildlife Federation President Mark Van Putten recommended caution until details of the plan are disclosed, he said Bush appeared to be calling for "a bold new initiative to inaugurate a new era of alternative fuels."
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Desktop Computer Ron Cogan, publisher of the Green Car Journal in San Luis Obispo, described Bush's proposal as "heartening" on two fronts: the commitment to fuel cell development and the resumption of America's abandoned leadership role in developing alternative fuels.
Notebooks The proposed funding would raise the government's commitment to research on future cars to new levels, Chrysler spokesman Gates said.
Lenovo The initial program, Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles, was begun eight years ago by President Clinton and never received more than $140 million in funding in any year. Bush's plan would nearly double that.
Hard Drive Separately, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler each are spending $1 billion or more during the next three to five years on fuel cell development.
Travelstar The initial program focused on fuel economy and development of diesel-electric hybrids that would achieve 70 miles a gallon. It was ended last year by Bush and morphed into the Freedom Car program when the focus was changed to fuel cells.
Gateway Fuel cells transform hydrogen and water into electricity through an electrochemical reaction and use the electricity to power electric motors that propel the vehicle.
Laptop Parts Automakers say that commercially viable fuel cell vehicles can be ready in 15 to 20 years -- GM aims to have limited numbers in dealerships by 2010 -- but worry that there will not be much of a fueling system to provide the necessary hydrogen.
Software Researchers have estimated that replicating the national gasoline fueling system with a hydrogen one could cost at least $500 billion.
Hard Drives "For the administration to commit funding at this level to hydrogen infrastructure development is critical," Gates said.
Electronics By John O'Dell
Los Angeles Times - 1/29/2003
Topic: White House
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