The main reasons the cars are so expensive at this point is that no economies of production have been realized through standardization of delivery, either of the cars, the fuel, the production process, etc.
The article I linked to originally explains a lot of the homework that needs to be done before such a thing could become a reality. At this point, no one can agree what the best way to deliver hydrogen fuel would be, as a gas, as liquid, or soaked up in a fibrous material (think sponge instead of gas tank). The ones used in LA take advantage of the later option. The thing that I find most exciting about this, and what really makes hydrogen a value proposition to US energy companies, is that it is so cheap to produce given our current capacity for refining hydrogen. The US would have a huge first to market advantage if this would ever become a reality. An economist explained to me that the US economy works by keeping our outside GDP spending ratio at about 3%, which is ridiculous by world standards. A serious hydrogen effort could cut that down even further... Remember th Kyoto treaty everyone was complaining about? In a hydrogen would, it would be a moot point. M -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 8:21 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Hydrogen The main reason is cost. Hydrogen cars are expensive. No one wants to pay for them. Of course the reponse will be, if they make more, they won't be as expensive. Yes, that's true, but if no one buys them, it's still doesn't matter. Of course, give them tax rebates. Yes, good idea. So now they are making more Hydrogen cars, giving rebates, I buy one! Yay! Oh, uh, where is the nearest Hyrdogen station? I'm in the middle of Nebraska? Well, better start pushing. There is more to Hydrogen cars, than just the cars themselves. There is no infrastructure to support refueling. The amount of time and effor and money it will take to upgrade these gas stations makes it a long term deal, not just something where tomorrow the government can say everyone must have a Hydrogen car. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
