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MORE UPDATES – When it comes to avoiding war in the Middle East and solving the global warming problem, Hydrogen fuel could be the breakthrough we need?if we can only figure out a way to contain it in an automobile gas tank. Hydrogen particles are so tiny that they leak out, but now researchers think they have finally found a way to contain them.

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and considered an ideal energy source. When hydrogen burns, it produces only water, so it does not pollute the atmosphere. For this reason, it is considered an ideal alternative to fossil fuels.
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We’ve been writing stories about using hydrogen fuel in order to get past the oil shortage and avoid the pollution that comes with burning fossil fuels. But hydrogen is only the start?what we REALLY need is to run our engines with antimatter! But almost every fuel has its downside, and antimatter is no exception.

Bill Steigerwald reports from NASA that space scientists are counting on antimatter fuel to power future space exploration. A piece of antimatter the size of an M&M could send a spacecraft to Mars. But antimatter reactions produce blasts of gamma rays, which are super strong X-rays that are unhealthy to be around, because they can cause cancer. Breathing in car exhaust fumes is bad enough for us?exposure to cars giving off gamma rays would be lethal.
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Some researchers have already suggested that we burn grass in our cars instead of fossil fuel. But while grass seems to be everywhere, plankton is actually one of the most common types of vegetation on earth?although it’s actually in the ocean. A Spanish company says it has solved the oil shortage problem by creating plankton that will substitute for oil.

A company named Bio Fuel Systems says it has not yet tried refining any plankton and turning it into oil but it is certain it can successfully do so. The company says their process “allows us to obtain biopetroleum, equivalent to that of fossil origin.”

Even better news: this fuel would burn cleaner, producing fewer greenhouse gases than fossil fuels. It would also be cheaper.
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Will there be a gas shortage in our future?or not? One thing we DO know is that here in the US, we have plenty of coal?but burning coal causes terrible pollution. And there’s no way to use it to run cars?or is there?

Bjorn Carey writes in LiveScience.com that scientists say that there is a way to change coal into diesel fuel that can be burned in cars. Since 95% of our energy reserves are still sitting in the ground in the form of coal, this would be a tremendous help?until we can find satisfactory alternative fuels. But will burning coal in cars contribute to global warming?
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