] G.M. is also teaming up with Shell Hydrogen to place four
] refueling "service hubs" around the country, plus a fifth
] that would be mounted on a mobile platform. A $2 million
] Shell station is already open and dispensing hydrogen in
] Washington.
]
] Fuel-cell cars still face daunting obstacles on the road
] to commercialization. Joseph Romm, a former Department of
] Energy official and the author of "The Hype About
] Hydrogen" (Island Press, 2004), is skeptical about G.M.'s
] announced target of developing a market-ready fuel-cell
] car by 2010. "I think all of the hurdles are immense, and
] the biggest is the infrastructure," he said. "We have
] 180,000 gas stations in the U.S., and 30,000 to 40,000 of
] them would have to be equipped to supply hydrogen."

Idiot. Since it's obvious that Shell can produce a working refueling station for the paltry price of $2M, then it's easily conceivable to see that gradually phasing in stations across the US would not be the economic disaster that everyone keeps talking about. Does anyone remember when Exxon replaced all their TigerMarts in the late 90's???