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Read the archive   of Wattenberg's   syndicated column     Whatever Happened to Socialism? The Twentieth Century has been called the Age of Ideology. One idea stands out as perhaps the most influential of ... more Courting Controversy Judge Richard Posner sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals, the court second only to the U.S. Supreme Court. Posner ... more   Emerging Technologies That Will Help Create The Car Of The Future main page Emerging Technologies That Will Help Create The Car Of The Future Aired 6/20/2002 In the year 2000, 88 percent of all workers went to work in a private car; 56 percent of the driving in America is now done in congested traffic. Gas prices have become a national security interest. And although air quality has been improving since the 1970s, the role of auto exhaust in air pollution is still a subject of heated debate. Corporate and university researchers are struggling to address these issues with an array of new technologies. Cars that communicate with each other and the roads they drive on. Dashboard internet monitors. High-speed public transit. And even an entirely different way of powering the family car. What’s on the drawing board? To find out, Think Tank visited the National Fuel Cell Research Center at the University of California at Irvine.   Read the full transcript   Jim Motavalli     editor of E: The Environment Magazine and author of "Breaking the Gridlock: Moving Toward Transportation That Works" and "Forward Drive: The Race to Build Clean Cars for the Future"   Michael McNally     associate professor of civil engineering and director of the Transportation Science Program at the University of California at Irvine   James Elliott Moore     professor of civil engineering and public policy at the University of Southern California and associate director of the National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research. Originally Aired: 6/20/2002     Be sure to also check out: Send us your thoughts Think Tank is made possible by generous support from the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation, the Donner Canadian Foundation, the Dodge Jones Foundation, and Pfizer, Inc. ©Copyright Think Tank. All rights reserved.     Web development by Bean Creative.