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There are a number of methods used to produce hydrogen fuel. Some of these include incinerating garbage in order to heat water or natural gas to the degree necessary to release the hydrogen which is present. Of course we can’t just put our old banana peels in the tank and drive off, but those banana peels can be part of fuel production in a hydrogen production facility. Hydrogen powered cars that benefit directly from the work that your banana peels are doing now are on the horizon.

Hydrogen powered cars can utilize hydrogen through several different methods. A hydrogen internal combustion engine powered vehicle utilizes the same engine used in the gasoline-powered production models with the exception of being modified to burn hydrogen fuel.

Cars can be converted to run totally on hydrogen as a fuel, replacing gasoline altogether. Cars can also be adapted with kits that add hydrogen gas to the existing air fuel mixture of the gasoline engine. This can result in improvements in gas mileage and a reduction in vehicle emissions.

Hydrogen powered cars are roughly three times more efficient than their fossil fueled counterparts and have low to zero emissions resulting in a carbon footprint free vehicle. Electric vehicles can be set up to utilize hydrogen as the fuel for on board electrical generation. An electric or fuel cell vehicle has a storage tank for hydrogen gas, which is fed into a fuel cell where the hydrogen is converted into electricity to power all vehicle systems.

Production of gasoline in the United States currently requires approximately three hundred billion gallons of water to produce the fuel. Producing the same amount of hydrogen gas would only require one hundred billion. The cost of hydrogen per gasoline gallon equivalent is roughly half the price of gasoline.

Every major automobile manufacturer is engineering its own hydrogen powered cars. Several of these hydrogen-powered models will be available in limited production in 2008. As availability of hydrogen fueling stations grows you can expect to see a steady increase in the number of hydrogen-powered vehicles in your neighborhood. Several of the automobile manufacturers are also working on home systems for hydrogen production that can not only serve as a gas pump in your driveway for your hydrogen power cars, but can also supply hydrogen fuel to generate the electricity to power your home.

Hydrogen powered cars are at least as safe as any gasoline-powered car. The hydrogen comes in specially designed tanks that won’t leak any hydrogen fuel, even under extreme conditions.