The mood was jubilant because the technique a hydrogenation of gasoline (or ethanol or methanol) is relatively elegant, eliminating the specter of electrical-charging stations and three-hour fill-ups.
Pena said the vehicle could be on the road within a decade, potentially yielding a 90 percent reduction in tailpipe emissions, which make up 30 percent of U.S. greenhouse gases.
That's 27 percent of America's emissions slashed right there fully 7 percent more than the highest proposal on the table at Decembers Kyoto conference on climate change. So don't be surprised to see President Clinton wearing a "fuel cells" T-shirt when he flies to Japan.