ch: Our Values in Action

Ideas: Hydrogen Cars

In Vermont, Rep. Bernie Sanders helped secure a grant from the Department of Energy for New England’s first hydrogen fueling station. Sanders hopes the program will eventually help wean the region from dependence on foreign sources of fuel:

With Sanders, who helped secure a $1 million Department of Energy grant for the project, behind the wheel, the retrofitted 2005 Toyota Prius cruised up to the pump without a sound for the unveiling. Project coordinators then demonstrated the new pump, topping off the car’s fuel tank with hydrogen. [...]

“We need to break our dependency on Mideast oil and polluting fossil fuels,” Sanders said. “This will help us move sooner rather than later away from fossil fuels that are contributing to environmental degradation and global warning.”

The Republican challenging Sanders is Rich Tarrant. More about him:

Another good sign for Sanders is his potential opponent, corporate executive Rich Tarrant, who is making news driving around his exotic new Bentley sports car. Last I checked, Sanders still drives a beat up Saturn. And in many ways that car contrast really tells the bigger story. If Tarrant is the GOP nominee, this will be a race between a wealthy fat cat and a common man of the people. That’s the kind of contrast every progressive candidate for office should want.