In article . com>,
"Pete C." > wrote:

> brooklyn1 wrote:
> >
> > sf <sofat@Obeastie wrote:
> > >"gloria.p" wrote:
> > >
> > >>Not wanting to sound like a conspiracy theorist, I still wonder if the
> > >>accident wasn't sabotage geared to make Obama's offshore drilling plan
> > >>look bad.
> > >
> > >More drilling was a dumb idea.
> >
> > OIL is a dumb idea. The technology exists for safe/clean,
> > inexpensive, efficient hydrogen energy...
>
> No, it does not. Hydrogen is *not* an energy source, it is an energy
> carrier, basically a better battery. The energy still has to come from
> somewhere to produce / separate the hydrogen and compress it into a
> useable state.

Actually, during the last administration, billions of dollars were
allocated for pure R&D to develop methods of producing hydrogen fuel.
All of the money was devoted to producing it from...fossil fuels
(natural gas). Thunk.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA