Fossil Fueled Cars Are History- paper about the decline of fossil fueled cars.

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Everyone is trying to squeeze a few more miles out of each precious tank-full. But among the special-edition Ferraris, bizarre Cadillac studies and a whole new crop of gas-guzzling SUVs, not all that many people were talking about cheaper and cleaner ways of getting around. Now many automakers have put much money and effort into building a greener car. However, they have not started this without a little pushing by the government. Facing clean-fleet laws in the U.S. and "voluntary" restrictions in Europe, the industry is committing to cut emissions on its gasoline and diesel-powered cars. Gridlocked Italian cities like Rome and Milan may ban conventional cars altogether. In Tokyo, putting 30,000 natural-gas-powered taxis in the streets has already ...

... using present technology, that would cost about $32 per gallon. Carmakers say they still face safety problems - hydrogen is a gas and needs to be compressed at tremendous pressure to be transportable. If hydrogen is released accidentally, it needs to only mix with air to explode, much like the Hindenburg. DaimlerChrysler, which is cooperating with Ford and Canada's Ballard Power Systems on fuel cell technologies, dropped its experiments with liquid hydrogen in favor of methanol, which is simpler to transport and releases hydrogen fairly easily. Trouble is, methanol leaves toxic byproducts that need to be disposed. BMW uses a different technology, burning hydrogen in a conventional combustion engine. Clean steam comes out of the exhaust

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