fuel cell

According to this interesting article in the US Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences US researchers have managed to generate hydrogen by bacterial action without needing an external power source. If correct this is a major breakthrough in practical hydrogen fuel production, though...

On the CBS news magazine show 60 Minutes, they had a segment on Bloom Box. K.R. Sridhar, co-founder and chief executive of Bloom Energy, developed a device for NASA that would use solar power and Martian water to drive a reactor cell that generated oxygen to breathe and hydrogen to power...

I definitely want one of these: http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/ Apparently Honda is leasing these in the Santa Monica area, where they are providing refueling, for $600/month, 3 year lease. Very encouraging that someone is doing something at least on the alternative fuel front.