The only shuttle for which hydrogen should be used as a fuel for will be decommissioned soon.

I suspect there is DoE money behind this to 'prove' hydrogen works. What's next, an 1890s steam locomotive converted from firewood to hydrogen?

Well for a city the ultimate goal likely is to site a 1-5 mw windmill to fill some large scale underground h2 tanks to fuel your entire fleet. After the initial investment your costs should be rather much lower then before and no more smog inspections and no more ny of that stuff.

Thats the point of h2 you dont need day to day or even week to week comnstants as long as the tank is always filled up. Any elcess energy can be sold off.

Actauly it depends on the soccer mom. Remember legaly you are basicaly required to ue an suv if your gona transport more then x kids anywhere. Because each and every kid must be seatbelted and none can be in the front seat. In a minivan that often leaves 4 seats for the kids...

Now back in my day they would just pack all 12-15 of us into a big station magon and we would tumble around with the power tools and the deadly bladed tools of doom while rusty exacto knives skittered around playfully.

The great thing about a large suv is 3 sets of back seats so each kid gets thier own seat set and no more seat teritory fights.

Truck-based SUV is more dangerous to kids seating inside than family sedan. And if you need more seating, use minivan, which is built on family sedan platform.

I looked at the Honda, Toyota and Chevy sites to compare the Pilot, Highlander and Trailblazer. The Pilot and Highlander each get 20 mpg and the Trailblazer gets 18 mpg, has more power, more room and more towing capacity. But in Southern California, 4 out of 5 people with buy the Toyota or Honda every time.

The new fuel is great and we have been setting on it for a while. The storage tank will come down and as long as the buses can make round trips they can fuel up in a matter of minutes. There are lots of places we can store the Hydrogen once people except it. Build it into the frame to keep the weight low and increase the handling of the car or bus. It is so much safer than gasoline is just think of the lives that will be saved from the new technology from these tanks. It will not be hung under the back of the car with two thin straps. If we build it into the frame then it will only make the cars stronger and safer for all of us. Give me Hydrogen anyday over gasoline! I work with it everyday and once you understand it you will say, " What were we waiting On all of these years?"