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Berlin is getting ready for the next generation of public transport. As part of an EU-sponsored project, the German capital has added four hydrogen-fueled buses to its fleet
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"During the last 10 to 15 years, we have been experimenting with modern technology that will define transport for the future," says Klaus Wazlak, spokesman for the Berlin Transportation Company (BVG). "As far as hydrogen is concerned, we can look to the future with great optimism."
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Despite its optimism, the European Union is realistic about the prospects of a hydrogen economy. "It is a bit far away," Tarradellas says. "I don't see it happening tomorrow."

Wagner agrees. "The future," he speculates, "will be a mix of natural gas, hydrogen, synthetic fuel and conventional fossil fuels."
Heralding The Hydrogen Economy: Berlin's Brave New World of Public Transport - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
US $63,000,000 invested so far. These f*cking EU bureaucrats think money grows on trees.

Scrap the "project" now. If private enterprise isn't doing it, why waste tax-payers money on it?

(Answer: because they can.)