The Obama administration is shifting a large percentage of the funding away from hydrogen technology and to electric cars. I could not agree more. To quote many, hydrogen is the fuel of the future and always will be. Hydrogen isn't really a fuel at all -- it should be thought of as a battery because it must be produced which takes energy. The conversion from electricity to hydrogen and then back to electricity in the vehicle means that by definition, hydrogen is 50-75% less efficient then straight EV systems.

In 2003, after the Clinton administration spent $1.5 billion on a hybrid-electric sedan, the Bush administration touted $1.2 billion for hydrogen technology. Now, with Barack Obama in the White House, the pendulum is swinging back to plug-ins...

As a candidate, Obama touted plug-in electric vehicles as a cornerstone of his energy policy, pressing for 1 million plug-ins on American roads by 2015. The $787 billion stimulus bill approved by Congress last month includes more than $2 billion in new battery research grants, which are vital to the viability of plug-ins, but no new money for hydrogen research.