ALGONA, IA, September 11, 2008 -- Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc., (OTC BB: HYEG) (HEC) developer of systems and processes used in the design, manufacture and distribution of alternative fuel internal combustion engines, engine controls and generator systems, has announced the delivery of an 8kW hydrogen-fueled generator set to ITM Power Plc (ITM) for demonstration purposes in the United Kingdom.

The subprime mess is generally treated as a crisis, a catastrophe, one of those unpredictable pathologies that happen in our economy because the ingenuity of corporate and financial types outpaces regulatory understanding and control. Sure, crises like this one happen because creative cupidity outpaces regulatory control. But what the subprime crisis isn't is unpredictable or pathological.