Any kind of water can suffice for electrolysis, though sea water/salt water is even better. But that's not generally how they're making hydrogen in most fuel cells.

I like the Healthcare Bill. My only disappointment is that it is not more complete. A 'single payer': Complete Healthcare; Everybody; Now.

Rocketman, What does Gold have to do with the recent Brazil oil find? In 1999, Gold published “The Deep Hot Biosphere,” a paper that postulated that coal and oil are produced not by the decomposition of organic materials, but in fact are “abiogenic” — the product of tectonic forces; i.e., deeply embedded hydrocarbons being brought up and through the earth’s mantle and transformed into their present states by bacteria living in the earth’s crust. The majority of the world’s scientists scoff at Gold’s theory, and “fossil fuel” remains the accepted descriptor of oil. Yet in recent years Russia has quietly become the world’s top producer of oil, in part by drilling wells as deep as 40,000 feet — far below the graveyards of T-Rex and his Mesozoic buddies. Is it possible that Thomas Gold was right again, and that the earth is actually still producing oil? It’s tantalizing to think so. http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/21/abiogenic-oil/

Concerning your comment on the Chevron Oil profits. That may not be a large return, it all depends on how much they have invested. Without investment we get no energy. For the year they had $5.24 per share earnings. Now if you invested in Chevron at say $100 per share you would have a 5.24% annual return. Not bad in these times, but not a great return over time. Most investors would like to see at least a 10% return on their investments, many are looking for a much higher return. So it may not be a great return.

Administration does not want nuclear? Why are they trying to push through 4-6 new reactors? http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601130&sid=aMTTCrA3ENz8

China's hundreds of millions of consumers are helping the globe get out of recession. One example is Ford , GM and many European automakers have increased sales from their China operations, helping their offset losses in the U.S. China in some cities have 10,000 new cars on their roads every week and increased industrial production to match increased car demands has also translated to increased demand for the global oil and gas supplies. Which is helping Big oil through the recession by giving justification to keep and push high prices. I sure you know American companies and everyone else is looking to India's billion in population to buy cars and lots of gas like China.