[ozzymandus]

Blah, blah, blah. Let me know when they make an electric car that actually works and can go more than a few miles in the real world. Meanwhile, what's wrong with internal combustion engines burning alcohol? Other than the fact that the Arabs and the oil companies wouldn't control the world, I mean.

[hinckley buzzard]

A fuel cell car (either GM or Ford) recently completed a 2500 mile cross country trip successfully.

This technology will bypass the "hybrid" car and not too many years away. The concept has been proven out and all that remains are some engineering problems which can be solved with existing technology.

Stationary fuel cell power generation is entering commercial production now, as a viable form of "distributed generation." The adaptation to transportation will be trickier, to be sure, but unless you
are a really old fart you will get to see it happen.