Yes, we are still waiting on the decision with respect to onboard fuel processing.
However, the debate will rage until roughly 2009 at which point ethanol production will have ramped up within North America making it easy for the red herring developments to be dropped so that you will know where to put your money in the stock market. Otherwise, hold onto your hard earned bucks until your individual investments in automaking and fuel begin to dry up. Then you'll know who the winners have been slated to be.
Smart money is on a hybrid liquid ethanol tank alongside a compressed hydrogen tank and intelligent feed laws that would allow for the massive development of solar electric within the developed world.
But in order to envision this you would have to subtract the interest that fuel producers have in remaining part of the mix and the enormous importance government tax revenues from mobility fuel have on the economy.
You would also have to make people who don't already own cars and solar panels pay through the nose for electricity because of the huge demand personal home electrolysers would have on the grid should compressed hydrogen tanks become the norm. As a result consumers will have to pay extra for a compressed hydrogen tank in the future because it would only be these consumers who would be able to choose an off grid solution by purchasing solar electric panels as an investment in a family's future fuel needs. Enlightened feed laws won't happen until government is sure it can secure revenue from the sale of mobility fuels. This will take a very long time, especially in Canada where municipal budgets will soon be tied to mobility fuel taxes. Fuel companies, as a result, will never allow themselves to die. Along with that, enabling technologies will be sujugated to high broad-based taxes, regulatory barriers, and open hostility.
Good luck people of earth. You will need it. Iceland should be your home, but you wouldn't know what to do with it as you fight over the spoils. *wink
I'm going back to my home planet where we eat pancakes every morning smothered in maple syrup surrounded by lean sausages and accompanied by endless rounds of strong Columbian coffee and Florida fresh squeezed orange juice.
Have fun on earth while you are able. Do come visit me sometime.
Scientific American Frontiers
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1403/video/watchonline.htm
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