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Well, this is the official Earth Day, not the corporate sponsored one that most people will celebrate on April 22, 2007. Today, the founder of International Earth Day, John McConnell will be at Laguna Beach, California to ring in the celebration of Mother Earth. The official and original Earth Day dates back to 1970, when • Read More »

Last week, I spoke with Dale Morris who was the executive producer of a classic car show, “World of Collector Cars” that was broadcast for 9 consecutive years on 150 PBS stations across the United States and syndicated in 11 countries. During his tenure as executive producer, Mr. Morris had the opportunity at various events • Read More »

Some investors like living on the leading edge of technology and the stock market. Others, like me, have been sliced and diced on the bleeding edge, still trying to recover from a worthless eTrade portfolio from the great tech stock Bubble Burst a few years back. Nonetheless, for those who have not experienced the burn • Read More »

In past State of the Union Addresses, President Bush has mentioned hydrogen cars as one of the main solutions to America’s addiction to foreign oil and cleaning up the environment. Other technologies such as advanced batteries, hybrid vehicles and ethanol have also been mentioned as part of the solution. In the 2007 State of the • Read More »

CEO’s from GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler are asking the Bush administration for additional help in developing alternative fuels including hydrogen. The automakers say that even though the price of a barrel of oil ($52) and gallon of gasoline have fallen, this is no time to lose focus on developing and promoting hydrogen as a long-range • Read More »

The U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT) have just delivered the nation’s Hydrogen Posture Plan to Congress. The Hydrogen Posture Plan delivers a roadmap for government and industry to pursue in order to transition over to a hydrogen-based transportation system. While calling for other alternative technologies in • Read More »

Even though California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will miss his own pre-inauguration activities due to a broken leg, the event will still feature hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Celebrities, dignitaries and other notables will be toted around in hydrogen cars made by Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, DaimlerChrysler, Honda, Nissan and Volkswagen. In addition, Santa Clara VTA • Read More »

Well, I hate to say, “I told you so”, but on December 6 I did just that. In the very last paragraph of the blog entry I mentioned how Santa’s sleigh my one day be powered by hydrogen. The U. S. Department of Transportation has now officially designated Santa’s sleigh as a hybrid hydrogen fuel • Read More »

Yesterday, I was contacted by the son of the editor of the World of Cars catalog who stated that the 2006 edition is available for free download. The catalog is a huge directory of automobiles, organized by country, carrying over 1,400 makes and 8,000 models including a handful of hydrogen cars as well. The World • Read More »

The U. S. Department of Energy has issued its year-end report card outlining the progress in hydrogen technology and development in 2006. One of the key figures of the report is how much money the President and the Congress are appropriating each year for hydrogen research and development. As part of the U. S. Hydrogen • Read More »