05-16-2004, 01:23 PM
Um... hydrogen fuel cell has already been researched and developed. Really the only problem with it is that oil is still available... that is, they're not going to be opening up fuel cell stations while gas is still around. That being said, they are working on it... within the next 20-30 years, traditional gas cars will be gone, replaced by hybrids and fuel cell... and I forget the exact time scale, but I think it's somewhere around 2040-2050 that 90% of cars will be fuel cell and 10% will be hybrids. I got this from an issue of popsci, I'm looking for the right one so I can give the exact numbers or scan it or something. Anyway, the major problem is the oil companies... someone needs the impetus to make the fuel cell cars and make the cells available. It's not that big of a deal, it's being researched nonstop and will be the dominant fuel source.