SOME accuse President George Bush of being beholden to the oil tycoons of Texas. But Bush appears to be broadening his horizons, and last year he announced a $1.2-billion research project to develop hydrogen as a fuel.
Touted as the world’s cleanest fuel, hydrogen is one of the darlings of alternative energy enthusiasts. It turns out that among the first to line up for this research largesse are the nuclear and coal industries. Nuclear power plants can make the electricity to extract hydrogen from water, and they don’t emit greenhouse gases. But that won’t wash with the green lobby.
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