Cool Video

Jon, that was definitely a cool video. I loved the animation. I guess if I knew more about cellular biology, I might better appreciate the "micro machines" featured therein.

However, all is not well. At the end of the film, there is a BMW commercial for the Hydrogen 7 (the first hydrogen fuel cell performance luxury car.) People are under the impression that consuming hydrogen in their cars is responsible and good for the environment. Uh, you'd be wrong there. While burning the hydrogen in the engine doesn't produce any emissions (other than water), producing the hydrogen fuel for the car requires a lot of energy which hydrogen can't produce. Therefore, to obtain the hydrogen for the car, the "factory" must burn petroleum or coal to extract it. Hydrogen cars simply shift the focus rather than actually doing something for our environment. Where the real clean energy is to be found is in diesel derivatives. Now, burning petroleum-based diesel (kerosene) is bad, but burning biodiesel is fine. It doesn't pollute any more than burning paper. In fact, why can't we make our cars run on paper?

Anyhow, I digress. The video was fantastic. It's one of the best science-y films I've seen recently.

Thanks for sharing.