Simple Science behind Hydrogen Fuelled Engines:
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Take WATER, nature's MOST ABUNDANT ENERGY SOURCE, split it with electricity to form HYDROGEN and OXYGEN. Then recombine Hydrogen with Oxygen in a combustion process for energy. The only byproduct you get back is Water, No Carbon Dioxide, No Greenhouse Gases!
Check out these videos on Hydrogen as an environmentally friendly fuel source for automobiles from Discovery's Daily Planet...
Hydrogen Power BMW
http://www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/view.asp?date=2/28/2005#
Canadian Made Hydrogen Power
http://www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/view.asp?date=3/31/2005
Colour of EN-V
http://www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/view.asp?date=3/28/2005
More information on BMW's new H2R combustible engine racer.
The single-seater H2R Record Car uses a 6.0-litre 12 cylinder power unit producing in excess of 210 kW, that races to 100 km/h in just six seconds and has a top speed of 302.4 km/h. http://www.bmwworld.com/hydrogen/h2r_racer.htm
~For an easy to read description on the new H2R car http://auto.howstuffworks.com/bmw-h2r.htm