Hydrogen cars still decades off

Critics of President Bush’s energy policies are urging Congress to scale back his much-touted hydrogen-car research program in favor of existing technologies that can reduce U.S. energy dependence and cut global-warming pollution now.

Two years ago, Bush launched a five-year, $1.2 billion program to develop a commercially viable hydrogen fuel-cell car “so that the first car driven by a child born today could be powered by hydrogen and pollution-free.” He’s now asking Congress to increase funding for the program by $500 million.

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