There is another alternative that no one has mentioned, methane gas. Its much easier to produce - think landfills, sewage treatment plants and livestock. Methane is also much easier to transport and store than hydrogen. The emissions are very similar to hydrogen, just some water, with a bit of extra carbon dioxide. The CO2 can be scavenged and reprocessed however.
What's even better is that from what I understand, currently running vehicles can run on methane just by modifying the carburetor. larry At 09:55 AM 3/13/2003 -0500, you wrote: >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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
