This is exactly what plants do during the photosynthesis: stealing the hydrogen of the water using light. Hydrogen would be a very clean fuel, and a recent Penn State research has made a step further towards this direction. "This is a proof-of-concept system that is very inefficient. But .

Opponents vow to re-light debate on smoking ban

SPRINGFIELD, ILL. -- Illinois' statewide smoking ban is barely a month old, and opponents already are trying to re-light the debate.With the General Assembly scheduled to return to Springfield this week, various Illinois interests - casinos, bars, veterans' organizations - are preparing to push state lawmakers to carve out exceptions for various types of facilities from the sweeping ban that went into effect this year in all indoor public places.''I'm a dedicated non-smoker, but the hair on the back of my neck stands up'' at some of freedom-of-choice issues created by the ban, said state Rep. Bill Black, R-Danville, who filed one of the exemption bills. He and others argue the ban is an enforcement nightmare for businesses, and is merely angering many of the patrons and employees it was meant to protect.

Auto GM to Showcase Flex-fuel, Car-based Hybrid Pickup Concept in ...

All auto manufacturers are thinking "green" these days and many will showcase their fuel-efficient vehicles at the upcoming 2008 Chicago Auto Show. In this age of broken embargos and leaked specifications, it comes as no surprise that one of GM's vehicles to be showcased at the show was leaked early.

The most important part of the Denali XT Concept, however, is its advanced powertrain.

Finally, we all agree: devolution is a process, not an event

FOR ONCE the hype was justified. "The most important debate the Scottish parliament has ever engaged in," said the Scottish Tory leader Annabel Goldie during last week's debate on setting up a Constitutional Commission to extend home rule. She could be right. All the major forces in Scottish politics are now united as never before on the need to give Holyrood more oomph. Even the SNP is part of the consensus, though Labour is trying to lock them out.

For hacks like me who have watched the battle for Scotland for more than 20 years, this is hard to believe. Ultra-unionists like the Scottish Tories joining forces on the constitution with the ultra-devolutionist Liberal Democrats? Surely not. Michael Forsyth would turn in his grave, were he dead. Annabel Goldie as a tartan revolutionary? Well, she delivered a powerful speech in last week's debate, admitting past mistakes and conceding that home rule is a process that "dwarfs party politics".