Petrol is so 2007: Water is the New Style?

[ This article has been updated to remove some of my ranting and add a little more academia ]

Here are a few claims that we don’t have to screw the environment to get around and appease our needs for luxurious comfort. These two videos suggest that we don’t need to be fossil fuel dependent, and that the solutions is viable enough for the government to use in military vehicles.

Japan even has a working version for metro commuting:

http://www.livevideo.com/video/sm0ky/67E76007E41D40F58E85EF7C67E8D33F/water-fuel-car-unveiled-in-jap.aspx

Here’s some descent on the topic from Treehugger.com. Their argument is pretty good, and its warning about false hopes creating apathy is quite to the point.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/genepax-water-powered-car-japan-debunking.php