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07/00: Sheikh Yamani (Oil Minister of Saudi Arabia 1962ø86) says world oil prices will drop sharply in about 5 years, and later crash durably, because of competition, chiefly from hydrogen fuel cells. "This is coming before the end of the decade and will cut gasoline consumption by almost 100 %." Saudi Arabia, he says, "will have serious economic difficulties". "Thirty years from now there will be a huge amount of oil -- and no buyers. Thirty years from now, there is no problem with oil. Oil will be left in the ground." The future lies with Hydrogen and Solar Powered Service Stations generating hydrogen for use in fuel cell technology. However, you will never see hydrogen stations like you do gas stations. There is no profit incentive for this to happen. Instead there will be "Hydrogen Garages" where hydrogen will be generated from the electricity derived from Solar Power. Hydrogen can generated and can be reused again and again and again to generated fuel cells. As the following article atttests this is where the future lies, except that people will be able to generate the hydrogen in their own garages once the volatility of hydrogen has been controlled and harnessed. This is where we are headed. Honda Opens First Los Angeles-Area Hydrogen Fuel Station; Fuel Station of the Future Uses Solar Power. TORRANCE, Calif., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The first hydrogen productionand fueling station in the Los Angeles area has started operation at Honda'sresearch and development center in Torrance, American Honda Motor Company, Incorporated,announced today.The state-of-the-art station is part of Honda's ongoing research intorenewable energy. It will support the Company's fuel cell vehicle developmentprogram and will be used for hydrogen production, storage and fueling.The station uses solar power to extract hydrogen from water, and also hasback-up electrical power to increase the hydrogen production capacity.Available solar power can produce enough hydrogen to drive a single fuel cellvehicle for a year."Fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen fuel have tremendous potential tocontribute to the goals of sustainable transportation systems and the use ofrenewable energy," said Ben Knight, Honda R&D Americas, Incorporated vice president."The development of a hydrogen fuel infrastructure is as important as thedevelopment of the vehicles themselves," Knight said. "This is the firsthydrogen station established by an auto maker to use solar energy to extracthydrogen from water and it will help verify more efficient hydrogen productionmethods as well as help us solve the challenges involved with hydrogenproduction and fueling stations for the future."Honda's hydrogen station is a unique design, with features designed toprovide safe, efficient, and convenient refueling for fuel cell vehicles.Safety was a top priority in the development of the station. Hondaengineers worked closely with the City of Torrance representatives duringplanning and construction. The station was built to standards for hydrogensystems developed by the National Fire Protection Agency.

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