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Thread: Where Do We Draw The Line?
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05-26-2012, 03:03 AM #11
There have always been 'model cars' that show something is possible, but commercializing it is a different problem. A whole bunch of car manufacturers have cancelled their hydrogen car projects.
Here's the fundamental problem:
A 2008 Technology Review article stated, "Electric cars—and plug-in hybrid cars—have an enormous advantage over hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles in utilizing low-carbon electricity. That is because of the inherent inefficiency of the entire hydrogen fueling process, from generating the hydrogen with that electricity to transporting this diffuse gas long distances, getting the hydrogen in the car, and then running it through a fuel cell—all for the purpose of converting the hydrogen back into electricity to drive the same exact electric motor you'll find in an electric car."
Hydrogen is a pretty good rocket fuel, but that's a very different way of energy release.