In many states truck drivers are not allowed to let their trucks idle all night. The reason has to do with pollution, but the problem is the truck drivers need a way power for heaters, air-conditioning and such and they will run down the batteries if they use too much juice.

One option many truck drivers opt for is to buy a portable generator. We now there are portable Hydrogen cell generators available. There are now commercial portable generators you can buy for your home to power up your house, cabin or shop. There are small golf carts, mopeds and automobiles, which run on hydrogen cells.

These make great portable generators for the Trucking Industry so drivers do not run their engines all night wasting fuel. Since the storage of hydrogen is not so simple and the availability not so simple these types of portable generators would work best in the Trucking Industry for those companies which already have Hydrogen Fuel Tanks at their depots, distribution centers or trucking terminals.

Nevertheless, if all trucks at truck stops were running Fuel Cell Generators then the truck drivers would get better sleep at night without all the rumbling engine noise and they would not be subject to all the CO2 pollution and thus could open their windows at night without choking on fumes. The T-5 Group (The Truck Think Tank Team) understands the reality of such massive implementation in the Industry and thus although this may never come to pass in the next decade, we thought it of interest to bring it to your attention.

Some studies have shown that Truck Drivers have severely weakened immune systems due to the noise at truck stops which permeates and it causes their pulse rate to jump as much as 40% of normal during sleep. This has long-term health implications, as well as causing drowsiness leading to sleep depravation issues, lack of concentration and potential for accidents. Fuel Cell generators are quiet and pollution free.

L. Winslow is a Transportation and Economic Advisor to the Online Think Tank, a Futurist and retired entreprenuer. Currently he is planning a bicycle ride across the US to raise money for charity and is sponsored by http://www.Calling-Plans.com and all the proceeds will go to various charities who sign up.