And, remember the Hindenberg?? Gasoline is a pretty volatile substance. However, at normal environmental temperatures, it's mostly liquid, which is less hazardous than the vapors.
Not so with hydrogen. The "refueling infrastructure" needs to somehow mitigate the chance of explosion or fire, without resorting to cryogenics. Won't be easy. -Ben At 09:20 AM 3/13/03 -0400, you wrote: >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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
