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So, in 2005, a naysayer may have said "Hey you are crazy to think fuel cell cars will ever be viable. The power plant weighs too much." Thank god the people working on this technology don't actually listen to pundits.
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Natedogg, where did you get that "quote" from? BTW, this isn't really something to get excited about. What good is a fuel cell if you don't have cheap fuel?
"Without the slightest doubt, the technology for a hydrogen economy exists or can be developed in reasonable time. Also, hydrogen is an appropriate energy carrier for particular niche applications, or it may become an important medium for electricity storage with reversible fuel cells. But hydrogen can never establish itself as a dominant energy carrier. It has to be fabricated from high grade energy and it has to compete with high grade energy in the marketplace. Hydrogen cannot win this fight against its own energy source.
Physics is eternal and cannot be changed by man. Therefore, a "Hydrogen Economy" has no past, no present and no future. The road to sustainability leads to an "Electron Economy"."
http://www.efcf.com/reports/E15.pdf
Nice try with the "fear monger" title. You stick to mass media and reporters that lack training in the fields they are reporting on, and I'll stick to the peer-review scientific journals.