Los Angeles (November 1, 2007) – Switching from gasoline-powered
cars to hydrogen cars would not reduce greenhouse gas emissions
nor would it eliminate America's dependence on the Middle East's
energy supplies, according to a new Reason Foundation study. The
Reason Foundation report shows that if the U.S. replaced 20
percent of today's vehicles with hydrogen cars, CO2 emissions
would either drop a tiny amount from 1.67 billion tons per year
to 1.63 billion tons, or actually rise to 2.13 billion tons a
year, depending upon what method is used to produce the
hydrogen. "Hydrogen isn't the quick-fix we've been led to
believe it could be," said Adrian Moore, vice president of
research at Reason Foundation and the study's project director.
"Producing and transporting hydrogen for use in fuel-cell cars
requires significant amounts of conventional energy and
therefore won't reduce greenhouse gas emissions. When you look
at the facts you see hydrogen isn't a solution to global warming
and it isn't going to decrease ou