As President Bush has said, we must begin to convert our economy from an oil-based to a hydrogen-based economy within 20 years.

"There is historical precedent for such a culture-altering shift," says Dr. Bhakta B. Rath, ASM Vice President. "What was the conventional fuel source of the 18th century? Wood. The 19th century? Coal. But we cannot wait another century for a solution: The liquid petroleum upon which we rely is being rapidly depleted." Who holds the key to finding the solution?

Metallurgist, Materials scientists and engineers. "ASM (and all of us) must take a leadership role as a society to focus on addressing this challenge, and other challenges of similar importance, before they wreck our domestic and international economy," he says.

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