FCX Clarity. A Solution to Our Gas Problems?

Lo and behold, Honda is making progress with our energy concerns over oil. In 2007, Honda released it's preview of its next generation vehicle: the FCX Clarity. What make this car so remarkable is that it only runs on hydrogen. It is a Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV). The only by-product it emits is water. No greenhouse gases here. Some might remember the stunt J. Leno did when he actually drank the water that came out of the tailpipe.

But let's not get overly excited about this car yet. Currently you can only get it in three Southern California towns (Torrance, Santa Monica, Irvine). They will only be leased because the hydrogen refueling infrastructure is not built up enough to have these cars driving around anywhere else.

If you are wondering how fast this thing can really go, you'll be surprised to know that the FCX Clarity easily reaches 100 mph and talk about gas mileage, the FCX Clarity can go 270 miles on one tank. That's about 68 miles per gallon or double what most cars get today. But what about refueling? Well, the researchers at Honda are working on that. While construction is underway for hydrogen refueling stations, Honda is developing a possible in home refueling station. The plan is for the station to take natural gas and convert it into hydrogen so it refuels the car in a garage or outside. The other benefit is that it will power our home with the excess energy.

The interior of this beauty is none the less brilliant. It is very flashy with a futuristic look. It can easily fit four. Test drivers found the layout of the panel easy to read and it was quieter than anything they have ever ridden. The FCX Clarity comes with all of the features one would expect from Honda such as their navigation system and even a built in i-Pod dock.

Honda is not the only car company that has developed a fuel-cell vehicle. BMW recently released its version of a hydrogen powered car.

The FCX Clarity is exciting a lot of people and Honda hopes that by 2010 it will be available to the majority of the country.

Something's Gonna Hit the Fan...

I decided as a good gesture that I should post my original note in this truthy section:

Not to sound like the crazy guy standing on the street corner shouting "the end is near", but something is about to break and this time it could be on a magnitude this world has never seen. Talking to my mom, gas back home is apparently $3.67/gal. Almost $4! We are waaaaayyyy too dependent on oil for everything. To make other things worse, she also told me that Costco and Sam's Club has started rationing things like rice. What is wrong with this picture? You tell me. Oh and did I mention that food prices have risen by 70% since January? Well, now you know and knowing is half the battle.
I have a feeling we may see a global depression coming pretty soon because if common things such as rice is starting to get out of some people's grasp, there's something seriously wrong. One man said he hasn't seen rationing like this since the times of WWII.
So what can we do? We'll figure out something, cause God forbid we have to be the ones cleaning up the mess of these plutocrats.