Japan's Hybrid, Diesel, Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Commuter Train

If you need to get to work, you have
many options for how to lower your Earth impact. You can commute, lowering your per person gasoline consumption; you can
drive a hybrid, diesel, or E-85 powered car; you can ride a motorcycle or order a micro-car from Europe; you can take
the bus or a hybrid taxi. In Japan, though, you may soon be able to combine all of the above. The East Japan Railways
Company is testing a train that combines hybrid, diesel, and fuel
cell technology, and plans to have the train carrying paying passengers by the middle of next year. The company says
that theirs is the first train to use fuel cells, which produce no emissions other than water vapor. The fuel cells
will supply about a third of the train’s power; the rest will come from a hybrid diesel-electric engine. [Source:
MSNBC, and thank you to Joel A. for this fascinating tip]

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