Research Tax

[Adam Y.]

And then you've got all sorts of political and economic issues. And it's a mess. And a 50 cents gas tax goes a long way to enraging the public and increasing the government's coffers, but isn't likely to do much good.

Yeah I agree. I never liked the whole gasoline as a "sin tax" thing. The only way you can entice people into doing the right thing is to give tax breaks. I remeber hearing (Im not sure if this is true) that gas taxes are a few dollars in Europe.

My point is that it isn't easy ... and paying more money won't necessarily equate to getting research "done" faster ... it takes time and patience and more time and more time still.

I agree. The one thing that is really annoying with fuel cells is getting the hydrogen in the first place!!! You really can't get it out of water since that is extremely inefficient. Ironically one solution Ive heard is to use gasoline to extract the hydrogen. Borax is another.

And then you've got all sorts of political and economic issues.

Ive heard a lot of good things about Denmark. Its actually on the way of becomming a totally green nation.