The Hype about Hydrogen by Joseph J. Romm, Island Press, $25, ISBN 155963703X Reviewed by Mick Hamer
IN HIS State of the Union address last year President George W. Bush trumpeted his new $1.2 billion research programme “so that America can lead the world in developing clean, hydrogen-powered automobiles”. General Motors forecasts that hydrogen cars for the motoring masses will be in the salerooms in six years’ time.
Hallelujah! The hydrogen economy is just round the corner. We can all drive as far as we like without any worries about pollution or global warming, secure in the knowledge that we…
