"Let's see: a billion to develop hydrogen-powered cars? Just what we need -- the highways clogged at rush-hour with thousands of mini-Hindenburgs. Road-rage this, mo-fo! Why not a whole lot of money for R&D on broad-based " Pooby, if i can drift yet further, please remember, that petroleum based cars are a pretty darn good bomb themselves. Or weren't you around when pinto's were exploding? Hydrogen ain't a bad way to go.