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"Are you ready to go?" Lauren Smith, sophomore, business major asked,

"Yeah I'm ready. Who's driving?" Lindsey Siock, sophomore, education major asked in return.

"Well I'm not, I don't have any gas in my car." Lauren said.

"Neither to do I. What are we going to do?" Lindsay replied. As Lindsay sat in her desk chair drinking her bottle of water, she turned back to Lauren and asked,

"Wouldn't it be great if cars ran on water?"

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The Bavarian Motor Works, commonly known as BMW; acquired MINI in 1994. "AutoCar" named the MINI "car of the century," shortly thereafter.

In 2001, MINI was reintroduced to the U.S. to rave reviews and national excitement. Limited supplies ensured a waiting list and prestige demand.

Since then, Americans have fallen in love with the MINI.

"I think they're the cutest little car in the world. I think they're horribly impractical and I could never move my stuff all the way from Maine to here. And I hear they're very fuel efficient," Amanda Brown, a secondary education and math major from Maine, said.

Well, the scientists of the world haven't yet figured out water-powered cars but they have been working on something new. This is something that powers cars, eliminating the deadly fumes and air pollution-pure hydrogen.

The hydrogen that powers these cars is taken out of water, through an electrolysis process. Hydrogen-powered, or fuel-cell-powered, vehicles have been being tested around the world since the mid 90's. Some of the major automobile manufactures have created and tested these vehicles, such as BMW and Honda.

Fuel-cell power does not give off the fumes and pollution that natural gas powered cars do. However, there are a few kinks that the scientists still have to figure out. The hydrogen is highly unstable and it is flammable. Also, it will take a countless number of processes to get hydrogen stations installed in towns and cities.

Honda is said to lease a small number of these cars in the United States and in Japan at the end ofthis year.

To some, this may be a great idea, to others not so much. Christopher Sabatino, a resident sophomore said, "That would be cool. Anything·s better than gas." Sebastian Dronski, also a resident sophomore, said, "Its a marvelous world wide invention. It would tiring about less pollution and a cleaner environment for the working class people.'' Hydrogen cars are being tested throughout the world. So, as you are driving, keep a look out for these cars.

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Movie stardom dawned in 2002 when the .MINI,circa 1960,was featured in "The Bourne Identity," skidding down stairwells and sweeping through the back allies of Paris.

"The Italian Job," released in June of 2003, featured tricked-out custom MINls capable of luging through subways and down sidewalks while carrying thousands of pounds of gold.

So what's next for the "adult go-kart?''

MI1'11dealerships are opening their doors all over the country, including in Bala Cynwyd. and most BMW dealerships

"I was thinking about getting one this summer, but I wound up getting a different car. It is sporty, yet different from every other car these days; every other car is going for a high tech look, and since they are originally British made, they went for a older look," Tom Langston, a jooior business administration will have a MINI on location.

"Drop a '.MINI fleet on Iraq and maybe Saddam would ease up a little," Shannon Sollinger of the Times Community Times ,note.

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