KristenM,

Thanks for sharing that Gristmill link. I absolutely agree that we should be taking advantage of the technologies we already have, including PV and CSP, rather than waiting around to see what new technologies develop. But I do think it's too early to say that there's no place for hydrogen in the picture somewhere down the road.

I'm with Gristmill on this one. This isn't big news. Hydrogen is a bad, bad, bad alternative to the other renewable energy options on the table (PV Solar needs a breakthrough in batteries, but CSP Solar is well on the way towards being able to power our grid, and wind is at least *safe*).

How does this solve anything? Hydrogen is unstable. Hydrogen fuel cell technology is way behind battery technology and very expensive. It is totally impractical and a stupid, stupid, stupid waste of time given the progress of both PV and CSP technology in the last decade.

Check out what Gristmill has to say about it:
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/8/4/13531/71482

This is a great report. I do find it odd that only one out of the four articles mentioned hydrogen fuel cell cars. For me that's where the real story is. I mean the solar angle is important, but there have been ways to store that energy, all be it batteries are dangerous and expensive and fly wheels have expensive up front costs. It's the cheap infrastructure to produce fuel for hydrogen cell cars that this is going to have the biggest impact.