With the price and the demand for oil rising, many believe that it is time we begin to use alternative sources of power. The use of alternatives to oil will become more necessary as the oil reserves are being continually depleted. Fifty years from now, we many not have the option to use oil as our main source of fuel to power cars because the rate at which we are consuming it suggests that there will not be any left. Therefore many scientists and technology experts, in recent years, have begun to test the viability of other sources of power. Hydrogen, one of the power alternatives to oil, has received a great deal of attention because of its abundance. When we can no longer rely on oil, hydrogen may become the new power paradigm. Author Ty Cashman states its numerous benefits in an essay concerning the use of hydrogen as a power source:.

             Hydrogen is the fuel of the future.

             Hydrogen is a non-polluting fuel (water is the exhaust).

             Hydrogen can fuel today's internal combustion engines.

             Today's vehicles can be converted to hydrogen in a day or so with a very simple, inexpensive conversion kit.

             A control dial on the vehicle control panel can vary the hydrogen with gasoline from 0-100% according to the availability of refueling sources.

             Hundreds of millions of existing vehicles will need to be converted to hydrogen during the next twenty years.

             Hydrogen can fuel tomorrow's fuel-cell vehicles.

             Hydrogen can replace all fossil fuels.

             Hydrogen can generate today's electricity.

             Hydrogen can be made from renewable resources.

             Hydrogen can be operationally competitive with gasoline or diesel today.

             Hydrogen vehicles could be refueled, self-service, at present gasoline/diesel stations.

             Hydrogen is now made from natural gas (methane), petroleum, and/or coal. It can also be made from water by electrolysis.

             Hydrogen can be transported in natural gas pipelines or in tankers, using the existing petroleum infrastructure.