Captain Ozone grabbed the double shot and swilled it down in one gulp. He curled his right arm and flapped it up and down like a chicken wing.
Captain Ozone:	"Iiiiieeeeeeehh! Nit, nit, nit, fik, fik, fik'n Indians!"
Vanessa:	"Excuse me, but do you have Tourette's Syndrome?"
Captain Ozone:	"No. I was just doing an impersonation of Jack Nicholson in the movie Easy Rider. One of my favorite counterculture movies from the 1960's."
Vanessa:	"I'll have to see that movie again. Okay, let's get started. First of all, I just wanted to state for my readers that you assert hydrogen gas can be made from water, and when it's burned, it turns back into water."
Captain Ozone:	"Yes, that is correct. Hydrogen gas can be cracked from water through a process called electrolysis."
Vanessa:	"You also assert that hydrogen fuel is 100% pollution-free and 100% renewable. Is this true?"
Captain Ozone:	"Only if hydrogen fuel is made from pollution-free and renewable sources, such as solar, wind and hydro power."
Vanessa:	"Okay. You also claim that hydrogen fuel, or hydrogen fuel cells, will eventually replace all fossil fuels in the future."
Captain Ozone:	"That's right. Hydrogen fuel will eventually replace coal and petroleum as a major fuel source in the future. Part of my mission is to make certain that this conversion to hydrogen fuel happens in the next decade. Not in the next half century. Fossil fuels are the major contributors to global warming, and believe me; we don't have a half a century to spare."
Vanessa:	"Okay, but today, virtually all hydrogen gas production is being made from crude fossil materials. Worldwide, 48% of hydrogen is produced from natural gas, 30% from petroleum, and 18% from coal. These are not pollution-free, renewable energy sources that hydrogen is being produced from, and they do produce greenhouse gases."
Captain Ozone:	"Very good. I see you've done your homework. There are advanced technologies being developed today to ensure that any greenhouse gases released in the process of making hydrogen from crude fossil materials does not escape into the atmosphere. There's also the option of making hydrogen from nuclear power, which produces no greenhouse gases. However, I'd like to see the process of making hydrogen fuel from crude fossil materials or nuclear power to be a very short-term plan."
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