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Article: INTERVIEW: Hydrogen herald.(Interview)
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- The Engineer
- Article date:
- March 23, 2009
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Markus Bachmeier from Linde explains that technology is no longer the obstacle blocking the widespread introduction of hydrogen-powered cars. Jon Excell reports
Emitting nothing more offensive than water, the mass-produced hydrogen- powered car remains the elusive dream of zero-emissions motoring. But unlike many other elusive dreams, it is not waiting for some missing technological link to steer it off the drawing board and onto the road, rather a concerted act of will by the government, the auto industry, and - perhaps most problematically - the oil business.
Indeed, in the unlikely event that these disparate groups wake up one morning and ...