Congress Uses Hydrogen? Not Quite.

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April 28, 2006 • 9:53 am PDT
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After an event to discuss high gas prices, Congressmen (like Mr. Speaker Denny Hastert) drove off in hydrogen-powered cars. What cheer! Only, after driving a few blocks away from the Capitol, they were dropped off at their idling Suburbans, and driven back to work. There are no words that even begin to describe this.

UPDATE: For those of you commenters looking for more info, we found this background piece from CBS news, which will give you the whole story, including a heartwarming tale of daring investigative journalism. To be fair, it also notes gas rhetoric hypocrisy from both sides of the aisle.

And, if you, like us, are having trouble getting the video to load, read this piece about why YouTube is taking over the world.

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