Hydrogen can fuel cars, economy
(Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) Fuel cells, like those being worked on in Honeoye Falls and Henrietta, have powered spacecraft to the moon. More importantly for the Rochester economy, they may revolutionize transportation here on Earth. As the home to the largest fuel cell research centers for both General Motors and Delphi, the Rochester area has an advantage. But, with regions across the country competing to profit from this technology, our leaders must become more aggressive. They must capitalize on and enhance fuel cell research happening in business and at universities.

Blue sky tinkering
(Telegraph.co.uk) Scientists fighting global warming are now considering wacky ways of deliberately manipulating the environment to control the world's climate. Philip Sherwell in New York reports on the schemes that were once dismissed as the work of crackpots Trillions of tiny sunshades orbiting in space; a mirror 150 miles high stationed between Earth and the sun; clouds sprayed with seawater; planes pumping sulphates into the stratosphere. They may sound to a layman like the weird and wacky fantasies of an eccentric bunch of boffins, but such ambitious plans for cooling the planet are now rapidly gaining credibility in the querulous world of climate science.

Auto oil heats city maintenance yards
(Albuquerque Tribune) Two city-owned maintenance yards used to be heated with increasingly expensive natural gas, used what would otherwise be waste. Mechanics replace the oil on police and other city vehicles every 4,000 miles. The stuff used to get shipped out of state for disposal at a cost of about $3,000 per year, said Gene Bustamante, an analyst for the city Department of Municipal Development. Now, that oil goes into 13 special heaters that keep the yard buildings warm all winter.

We need to press for sun power
(Arizona Republic) Arizonans are rightly asking, "Why can't we use the sun to meet our power needs?" This is not a new question. The logic of using solar energy to improve the physical and economic well-being of Arizona has been obvious for decades. In broad terms, the answer is also familiar. It has both political and technical dimensions. In short, Arizona needs its government leaders, research universities and business community to collaborate on establishing policies and projects that will enable all of our citizens to benefit from the abundant, renewable, natural resource that gives our state its identity.