chips and refine petroleum, proving that hydrogen can be stored and handled in a safe manner. Also, since NASA uses hydrogen quite frequently it must be transported somehow, and for years they have been trucking it along North American highways with no accidents to date. (Esselstyn 3) This proves that hydrogen is just as safe, if not safer to transport than petroleum products which can cause oil spills.In fact the only foreseen draw back of fuel cells is that, the hydrogen must be very pure, making it hard to use hydrogen extracted from natural gas due to the possibility of contamination. (Esselstyn 2)As well as environmental advantages, hydrogen being used as an energy source has a few economical advantages as well. A hydrogen-based economy would create many new and permanent jobs in the scientific and industrial fields. New plants would have to be built, parts would have to be manufactured for the running of the plants and the development of technologies would be required. Also, oil would not have to be bought from the Middle East, which in turn would reduce government spending on imports, and governments could also stop spending money on oil exploration, which would no doubt help our country’s deficit. (Esselstyn 1)It is because of the economic, environmental and moral advantages that the National Hydrogen Association (NHA), a non-profit organization made up of industrial companies, small businesses, universities, research institutions and individual citizens, who are all interested in developing hydrogen technologies and uses, (Esselstyn 6), has derived a “hydrogen commercialization plan”. (Esselstyn 1) They felt that the key to this plan is the partnership of the government and industries who have their own strengths and weaknesses and must work together to accentuate the strengths and eliminate the weaknesses. An example of this is how industries have the expertise to bring new products to the marketplace...
