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Over the next three decades or so, BP's main shift will be to gas, says chief executive John Browne. While the company sees long-term potential in solar power and hydrogen fuel cells, it believes that these technologies are not yet commercially viable. (In an attempt to reduce the high manufacturing cost of solar panels, Shell and the Dutch coatings and chemicals firm Akzo Nobel are testing new techniques...
...heartbeat, hundreds of stories full of fevered theorizing gushed forth in the press. Ginger was a hydrogen-powered hovercraft. Or a magnetic antigravity device. Or, closer to the mark, a souped-up scooter. Even the reprobates at South Park got into the act, spoofing Ginger in a recent episode--the details of which, sadly, are unprintable in a family magazine...
...bridge that tilts into the air. Robots that crawl under doors. A hydrogen-powered bike and a surfboard that makes its own waves. Among this year's bumper crop of fresh new ideas, here are some of our favorites...
Electric bikes have never been cool. After all, what self-respecting rider would let a battery do all the work? But fuel-cell technology, which uses pollution-free hydrogen gas to generate an electric current, could ignite electric-bike sales. The first prototype, from Italian bikemaker Aprilia, stores compressed hydrogen in a 2-liter metal canister housed in the frame. With a top speed of 20 m.p.h., the bike won't win the Tour de France. But it weighs 20% less than regular electrics and travels twice as far, about 43 miles, before it needs more gas. Now that...
While the world waits for Ginger, which may or may not be a hydrogen-powered scooter (see next page), two San Francisco designers have built one of their own--or at least a prototype. The elegant carbon-fiber-and-aluminum Scoot combines a wide, scooped-out footrest with rugged, over-size wheels. Scoot folds in half so that the tires and grimy underside are neatly tucked away. And with a hydrogen fuel-cell engine, you will leave the slackers in the dust...