FuelCellsWorks

Asst. Majority Leader Lew Fidler & Environmental Protection Chairman James Gennaro Urge Congress and NYC to Develop & Advance Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology

Cars to be made available for photographs in City Hall parking lot from 12:30 – 1:00 pm

On Thursday, May 7 at 1 pm in the Council Committee Room, General Motors will be sending their Director of Fuel Cell Activities, along with two new Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell vehicles, to testify at the Environmental Protection oversight hearing on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles and the Transition to Alternative Technologies.

The impetus for the hearing is Proposed Resolution No. 1223-A, a resolution sponsored and championed by Council Assistant Majority Leader and Brooklyn Council Member, Lew Fidler.  The resolution calls upon the U.S. Congress to both “fully explore adopting legislation and/or regulatory measures to incentivize the immediate marketing and use of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles” as well as “develop the re-fueling infrastructure to support these vehicles and to consider making the
manufacture and importation of gasoline combustion vehicles unlawful” by a date that would be later determined.  The resolution further calls upon our own city to “take steps to advance the use of hydrogen fuel cell technology and to find ways to promote New York City as an economic center for hydrogen fuel cell
technology.”

“Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are the Holy Grail,” declared Fidler.  “They are zero emission, totally non-polluting automobiles.  We are inches away from the
technological leap needed to mainstream them and that leap will change the world.”   He continued, “We will be taking huge steps to clean our air, to be less dependent on foreign oil and it will have earth shaking geo-political consequences.  It behooves us to press this envelope forward in any way we can, to start working now on developing the infrastructure necessary to support these vehicles in a safe and energy efficient way.  And while we are at it, there is no reason that New York City cannot become a leader in the clean, efficient production of hydrogen.  I am urging the Bloomberg Administration to press this agenda forward now as part of a plan for a greener, cleaner future for New York.”

You must be logged in to post a comment.