Following several days of Seoul's worst air pollution on record, President Moon Jae-in has promised to turn his country in a 'hydrogen economy.' Clean cars to clear up the sky is one of his goals.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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President Moon plans to put 80-thousand hydrogen cars on South Korean roads by 2022.
According to Yonhap News, Moon made the pledge alongside the chairman of Hyundai Motors and other business leaders.
The president said hydrogen's only by-product is water, unlike carbon emitting vehicles.
Moon ultimately hopes to have 1.8 million hydrogen vehicles on roads by 2030.
This week, the amount of fine dust particles in Seoul was five times higher than deemed safe by the World Health Organization.
Seoul blames China for more than half the air pollution but admits local power plants and diesel cars are also a serious problem.
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