This came on the heels of a little press and alternative fuel experiment – when a Toyota Highlander fuel-cell vehicle completed a 350 mile trip from Osaka to Tokyo without refueling. According to John Hanson, Toyota’s environmental spokesman; “We think the technology has been achieved. Now we have to reduce the costs and we think that under our present development program we will have done that by 2015.”

The public also has to be ready for hydrogen fueled vehicles – there are fewer than 100 hydro-fueling stations throughout North America, located mostly on the coasts. We also have to cut our dependency on “safe” fuels, as in us being used to them, such as gasoline. But with petrol going back up to $3 a gallon again we may soon be looking for other ways to power our rides.