The president may have the backbone to stand up to Iraq, but not to the eco-terrorists. He's taking the easy way out by firing up another multi-billion dollar government program.
Private companies have been working on this for years. All the government will do is keep throwing more and more of our tax dollars at it, if the market rejects it.
The market may have no choice but to go along. Don't laugh but I think its more feasible than the battery powered electric cars no one wants to buy because of their limitations and the fact you still have to take several hours in the garage to juice up the car before you can take it out for a spin. And the other factor that held up electric cars is the fact you can't really take long road trips with 'em. Personally this part of the speech went a long way to rebutting the enviro wackos and anti-war kooks on the Left who insist President Bush's sole motive for going to war with Iraq is for oil. Now that the President has proposed hydrogen fuel cell technology for cars, that's made the opposition look ridiculous and made the President look environmentally responsible.