Fuel-cell vehicles will tote guests for Schwarzenegger's inauguration
When Arnold Schwarzenegger ousted Gray Davis for the governorship during a 2003 recall election, he didn't have much of an inauguration. Economic times were more humble then, and the wealthy movie star apparently didn't want to show off. Not this time. After handily winning last November, Schwarzenegger is throwing a two-day, $1.2 million bash that will be powered by the sun and generators running on biodiesel fuel. The governor and his guests will also be shuttled by zero-emission hydrogen fuel-cell cars. These pubic displays are intended to show his commitment to environmental conservation and clean technology. One must be very wealthy and have contributed heavily to the governor's campaign to even get near the solar panels or fuel-cell vehicles. Chevron is one company that donated $50,000 to the party and will have a front-row access to Schwarzenegger.
[Source: Aaron C. Davis / Associated Press via San Luis Obispo Tribune]
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Tim 1:53PM (1/02/2007)
“Chevron is one company that donated $50,000 to the party and will have a front-row access to Schwarzenegger.” Hydrogen is most economically produced by splitting HYDROCARBONS like natural gas at 1/6 the cost of producing it via water electrolysis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen The “Hydrogen Economy” is Big Oil’s giant SCAM http://www.oilcrash.com/articles/h_scam.htm In fact, “Hydrogen may be considered to be one of the MOST DESTRUCTIVE GASSES to escape into the atmosphere. It will destroy ozone in an IRREVERSABLE process, reduce oxygen levels and produce water vapor in the stratosphere.” http://www.ozone-depletion.com/. Hydrogen is one of the smallest and lightest elements, which means that it escapes easily. Consider hundreds of millions of tanks of this highly explosive gas leaking some of their destructive cargo directly into the atmosphere every time you fill them. You can’t clean that up as “easily” as an oil spill. We thought fossil fuels were bad! Spilled bio-diesel from algae http://www.autobloggreen.com/2006/12/28/solix-and-colorado-state-university-team-to-commercialize-algae/ (or electricity for that matter) is less toxic to the environment than sugar and won’t explode with a spark.
A terrorist’s dream is to have a giant potential BOMB such as a semi-trailer, container ship or tank farm of highly explosive gas such as LNG, H2 etc. parked next to a juicy target. A container ship of this stuff has about the same energy as 55 Hiroshima type nuclear bombs. Are they (including Al “Green” Gore) worried? YOU BET! http://www.timrileylaw.com/LNG.htm
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