Cars could one day run on flower power, according to a team that has found a way to extract hydrogen from sunflower oil.

Leeds University researchers say the advance could lead to cleaner and more efficient hydrogen production to power cars, homes, factories and offices.



The research was described yesterday at the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.



Fuel cells show much promise for supplying the energy needs of the future. But one drawback is that the hydrogen required to run them usually comes from the burning of fossil fuels, which generate pollutants.



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