hydrogen-jacking

June 18, 2003

The European Union and the U.S. agreed yesterday to team up on

research into hydrogen fuel cells, widely touted as a potentially

clean power source that will revolutionize future energy use. But

while the E.U. wants to develop hydrogen using renewable energy

sources such as solar and wind, the U.S. has plans to use fossil

fuels and nuclear energy to power a hydrogen revolution. Some

critics charge that the E.U. is letting the U.S. hijack its hydrogen

agenda. U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, speaking yesterday in

Brussels, Belgium, sought to reassure European officials that the

U.S. is committed to developing hydrogen from a wide range of

sources, including renewables. He said half of the $1.7 billion that

the Bush administration has pledged for hydrogen research will go to

projects involving renewables. But Jeremy Rifkin, who is advising

E.U. leaders on hydrogen issues, characterized the Bush

administration's hydrogen initiative as "a Trojan horse" for the

nuclear and fossil-fuel industries.

straight to the source: London Guardian, Associated Press, H. Josef

Hebert, 16 Jun 2003

straight to the source: New York Times, Paul Meller, 17 Jun 2003

only in Grist: H-bomb -- a review of Jeremy Rifkin's "The Hydrogen

Economy" -- in Books Unbound

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