On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Stewart Marshall < revsamarsh...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> A lot of work is being done on fuel cells and better batteries. I really > think the answers lie in that. Then no need to transport anything you have > the power generation pack on board. > > You still need to transport the fuel you put in your fuel cell. Hydrogen is them most common choice, Alcohols, hydrocarbons seem be reasonable choices. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_cell > > At 08:33 AM 1/20/2010, you wrote: > >> > Add on the headaches of transporting and storing Hydrogen which tends to >> leak more since it is smaller. The big problem is where do you get >> hydrogen? Electrolysis, cracking things like natural gas and some >> biological reactions- none of which have been scaled up yet. Two of them >> require significant amounts of energy going into the system. >> >> The range is getting better on electric cars but I would stick to a hybrid >> where It can make more electricity when needed. >> -- >> John Duncan Yoyo >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
