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August 6, 2008
State Takes Baby Steps Toward Alternative Fuels
August 6, 2008
The State Bond Commission, even though they had very little detail, on Monday approved a $250,000 grant for the town of Hamden to acquire and install a hydrogen-fuelling station.
The money was approved with little discussion, even though state economic-development officials could not provide details of its location or function.
Mayor Craig B. Henrici of Hamden said Monday that the funding,combined with a similar federal grant for the New Haven Transit District, will be used to create a fuel station at the town's public works garage and eventually support small hydrogen-powered buses to possibly shuttle the elderly.
"Hopefully the town will be on the cutting edge," said Henrici who would like to eventually have the town's car fleet also powered by hydrogen. The last hydrogen vehicle in that town was actually OVER Hamden, when the Hindenburg airship floated over the town back in 1937, on its way to New Jersey, where it exploded in infamous flames.
Sen. Gary Lebeau, D-East Hartford, an advocate of hydrogen power, notes that the fire was caused by the coating of the airship's skin and not the hydrogen itself.
Posted by Ken on August 6, 2008 4:07 PM
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