>> Generally, Hydrogen for transportation (no infrastructure) makes >> little sense compared to EV’s (everyone has an outlet in their >> garage). The business model for hydrogen cars is very weak (though it >> is needed for trucks and road warriors).
> I'm not sure what you mean by "needed for trucks and road warriors Long haul Trucks and travelers need to drive long distances in 8 hours. That is a range of about 500 miles with as little time lost in re-fueling. It will never make sense to try to make an EV do this job by carrying a 500 mile range battery for such continuous use, so some kind of fast-refueling chemical fuel will always be best for these applications. Hydrogen which can be generated (though inefficiently) from 100% renewable and excess renewable solar and wind energy fills this niche without any reliance on carbon. And though it makes no sense to try to deliver hydrogen to 600 million car tanks (most of which can do fine with a 50 mile daily battery) it does make sense to provide hydrogen refueling along the interstates for routine long-distance transportation in a future carbon free world. > but those that actually have to put up the money > would disagree about... the business model for hydrogen cars. ... True (my point) ... Until there are no more dead dinosaurs and no other solution for carbon-free 100% renewable long distance transportation left. We need to be designing for the future, not racing to the bottom line until it is too late to peacefully effect change. Bob, Wb4APR _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
