Addendum: Hydrogen Cars

I thought this was an interesting addition to our in class discussion about hydrogen cars that I read in my dad's copy of Technology Review.

After watching Al Gore's documentary (and trying to avoid completely giving myself into the fear mongering I so often mock Reader's Digest for) this does seem like an issue that we can't ignore. I feel like it's been so intensely politicized that I'm not completely sure if anyone's telling the truth any more, though.

My friend Travis who was in Searcy last week told about the scientific community's view on the issue as he had seen it represented in his Environmental Science course. He said something along the lines that scientists aren't arguing about whether we are the impetus of the current warming cycle or not; they're really only discussing how much longer we can wait before extensive damage to our planet is unavoidable. He told me that his teacher portrayed the issue as having been politicized by the media--both liberal and conservative (I'm trying to be as fair as possible here)--and that television news and the papers have really messed up what the best science is saying about global climate change.

I also got this idea from An Inconvenient Truth (surprisingly interesting and not as boring as I might've expected from Gore; I'm a little in love with him now, in fact), which has really gotten me to think more about my impact on the environment and to try to start making a few changes, so that maybe I can help part of this wonderful place we're supposed to steward.