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There’s much excitement these days about the budding field of fuel-cells and their promise of 100-percent enviro-friendly motivation. I have to admit that the prospect of making a run to Lackawanna State Park and leaving naught behind but water vapor and pleasant memories is a tantalizing one. But until the technically complex issue of how to mass-produce vast quantities of hydrogen — which already is mated to the oxygen in watery wedlock — is solved, mainstream fuel cell applications will remain this side of cold fusion. Fortunately in these days of $65-a-barrel oil prices, there are increasing numbers of gas-electric hybrid vehicles available to the car buyer
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