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Chattanooga, TN is testing a fridge-sized fuel cell (converts natural gas to electricity and hydrogen... theoretically this is the type we will see in our homes for the first wave of this technology. Pump in CNG [clean natural gas], power the home with electricity and fuel your hydro car overnight):

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/05/28/1661313.htm

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Article about coal gasification if you know nothing about it; basically a better way of using coal for energy (i.e. instead of burning it). I didn't know that coal produces half of our energy, that's surprising.

http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2006/05/28/business/16417673.txt

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This is what happens when governments stops TALKING and starts THINKING. A very cool mass transit idea from Bristol, UK

http://www.fuelcellsworks.com/Supppage5285.html

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Detractors (eyes rolling)... this guy has so many facts wrong it's silly. Oh well, at least he's pulling for other green methods instead of traching the idea that we should move on from petroleum.

http://www.alwayson-network.com/comments.php?id=15059_0_11_0_C

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I never knew that oil drilled out of Alaska or offshores was considered an alternative to oil. No, that's not a typo, this Congressman's big "alternative energy plan" is drilling offshore and in the ANWR. Ugh... not as bad as some of the stuff going on, though, and he's also promoting nuclear energy (not Chernobyl nuclear, Koeberg nuclear, read up). Plus, anyone that promotes hydrogen fuel cells has a special place in my heart!

http://www.evworld.com/view.cfm?section=communique&newsid=12014

BTW: Read both sides of the ANWR debate... it sounds bad from the get-go but really is not as horrible as you might think. Regardless, drilling for more oil is very short-sighted but typical of this administration.

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