MY “H” CAR?
Every now and then we hear some talk about the forthcoming ”H” or hydrogen powered automobile, but it never gets here. Not even in a prototype form. What's all the delay about?
I have been told repeatedly that the hydrogen-powered vehicle is to be our car of the future, but it never gets any closer than glowing articles about it's economy, efficiency and safety. What, pray tell, is holding up the process?
The talk has gone farther than one might think because just this past week I heard it said that the very same thing that has been blamed for holding up scores of other potential blessings, is now being singled out as being the sole factor in forbidding our enjoyment of the newest hydrogen-powered vehicles. Just who would you think that may be? Who keeps us from having this latest advance in automotive efficiency and economy?
Right. The accused, in the view of chronic blame-placers, is the “automotive and fuel producers” of our own nation - that's who have been blamed for buying up and destroying any and all improved carburetor inventions for most of the past century and have destroyed any and all vestiges of them! They didn't want any such economy item on the market to endanger their own production of cars and fuel supplies. Somebody's uncle, or someone he used to know, always got paid off generously by the oil companies and the car manufacturers to keep such wonder-working inventions off the market.
I have known people otherwise sensible people who believed such tales and, just this past week, I came across it when I was told – confidentially, of course - by people who passionately believe such stories, that it is all happened once again - this time to prevent hydrogen-powered cars off the market. The story told, confidentially, of course “because there is some hush-hush investigation and possibly some legislative preparations being undertaken by citizen's groups to meet the conspirators head on this time!”
I thought you'd like to know the name of hose who are preventing you from buying a gleaming new hydrogen-powered car. No, you haven't seen any printed brochures and spec sheets detail the many features of the new economy “H” cars. They sell themselves. No dealerships locations yet, because production can't stay far enough ahead to stock showrooms and street corners. You'll just have to wait until until you meet the right persons, and, in the meantime, blame any delays on the maker of gas-guzzling cars and on those who make and sell the gas with which the they are enguzzled.
A.L.M., June 16, 2004 [578wds]
