Hydrogen cells are a bit like the Australian with a new boomerang. Much as he liked it, he couldn't throw away his old one. While there's lots of hype about the new fuel technology, the forklift industry can't turn its back on traditional battery power. After all, it works, it's accessible and it's already present in a large number of forklifts. And, as you'll read in our special report this week, the technology keeps getting better. But there's no doubt that hydrogen fuel cells are the way of the future, and it's a question of when - not if - they'll make it to the mainstream.