Hydrogen-fueled cars are not the best way to cut pollution, greenhouse gases and oil dependency, and people need to step back and take a critical look at the technology and consider simpler, cheaper options. That's according to Alex Farrell, assistant professor of energy and resources at UC Berkeley (Tel: 510/642- 3082, email: a farre;@Socrates.Berkeley.edu) and David Keith, associate professor of engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University (Tel: 412/268-2678, email: keith@cmu.edu), who present various short- and long-term strategies that they say would achieve