Hey, we could have hybrid methane cars - partly powered by humans !! Get better gas mileage - eat beans !! <g>
At 10:21 AM 3/13/03 -0500, you wrote: >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 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
