The hole in the ozone layer!!

The global warming!!

The dramatic changes in the climate!!

Diminishing energy storage!!

But that does not mean  you should  start to look for lands on the moon right away; this is the time for getting started on the path of damage repair and prevention of further damages of environment.

And among many eco-friendly measures, the increased use of public transport is likely to play a major role in future. Just look at the public transport system of the countries like UK and Japan….despite being two of the most wealthy societies of the world they hugely depend on the various forms of public transport system with the main focus on underground transport.

In contrast, USA has so far taken little efforts at curbing the fuel consumption by the individual automobile owners. The absence of a properly developed public transport system and heavy reliance on personal vehicle have accounted for  USA’s excessive reliance on the imported oils and  the consequences are known to all today.

Canada, the other rich North American country apparently seems to learn from USA’s experience and they seem to rather follow the European models rather than their American cousin. The country is on her way to introduce a green public transportation system based on hydrogen powered buses.

An important pilot program has started in Ottawa, Canada from 7th December of the last year that involves the test running of three shuttle buses in the Parliament Hill. The buses are powered by Ford’s advanced hydrogen internal combustion engine (HICE). The program is aimed at judging the real life viability of the buses.These shuttle buses are  being used to carry the parliamentarian fleet to and from several  buildings in the precinct. By replacing the traditional gasoline powered buses, these hydrogen powered shuttle buses are expected to cut off greenhouse emissions to near-zero levels.

The whole program involves a pre-commercial evaluation of Ford’s HICE technology and involves a fleet of total twenty buses to be tested on the roads of the USA as well. The outcome is very crucial as it will help the Ford company to assess the commercial viability of such hydrogen powered buses.

The hydrogen fuel injectors used in the these Ford HICE E450s have been provided by Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. who along with Ford is quite optimistic about the future important role of hydrogen technology  as an alternative to petroleum usage and harmful auto emissions.