Manufacturers like Honda have put a sizeable amount of faith in notion hydrogen will be the fuel of the future. Abundant, powerful and clean, Hydrogen suffers a few drawbacks that hold it back from becoming a mainstream fuel source right now. Chief among those is how to safely store it onboard a vehicle. While manufacturers interested in the hydrogen model are beginning to navigate those roadblocks, cars that run on this alternative fuel are prohibitively expensive do to the amount of new technology they require. Until recently, the government funded research into producing ever more efficient and cost-effective hydrogen fuel cells.
According to an article in the New York Times, the Obama administration has backed away from hydrogen funding in favor of alternative fuels that can produce results more readily. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that a hydrogen-powered future is still too far off, so funds previously directed toward fuel-cell research will be channeled into other projects. [Source: NYT]
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