Your posts are empty, lazy, i bet you never did homework assignments. this article from last April , seems Bush is ahead of you again but you do not read up on subjects just complain. I am tired of doing your research for you.
"awarded $350 million in grant money during a three-city tour, which includes Detroit, Los Angeles and Golden, Colo. The grants represent about one third of the $1.2 billion President Bush has pledged to fund hydrogen and fuel cell research."
Automakers, Delphi, WSU awarded money from Energy Dept
By Brett Clanton / The Detroit News
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Detroit’s three automakers, auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. and Wayne State University received U.S. Department of Energy grants today to fund research programs on hydrogen-powered vehicles.
U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham made the formal announcement at Wayne State’s Tech Center.
Also today, Ford Motor Co. will share details of a new partnership with oil company BP plc that will put a fleet of hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles on Metro Detroit roads in the coming years.
Fuel cells — which use hydrogen and oxygen to create electric power while emitting only water vapor — are seen as a potential long-term solution to the country’s dependence on foreign oil. However, significant technological hurdles remain before they can be mass produced in automobiles.
Abraham awarded $350 million in grant money during a three-city tour, which includes Detroit, Los Angeles and Golden, Colo. The grants represent about one third of the $1.2 billion President Bush has pledged to fund hydrogen and fuel cell research.
Ford said Monday it was readying a fleet of hydrogen-powered vehicles with “real world” applications for use by the city of Taylor. Spokesman Mike Vaughn hinted the vehicles would be updates of Ford Focus fuel cell vehicles unveiled in Vancouver, Canada, last year.
Last year, DaimlerChrysler rolled out a similar plan, based in Ann Arbor, to test hydrogen fuel cells in United Parcel Service delivery trucks.
“Over time, hydrogen will become much bigger in the public mind,” said Jim Croce, chief executive of NextEnergy, an alternative energy research center at Wayne State University. But for now, the public will have to keep waiting. Croce estimates hydrogen powered cars won’t be a reality for 20 more years.
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