I think that the success of Hydrogen, either via ICE or Fuel Cell will entirely depend on public acceptance. The CNG technology has been out for quite some time for home an puplic infructure use and it's acceptance is marginal as far as alternative fuels go, mostly in fleets at best. What will change the common idea that gaseous fuel is better than liquid fuel, when people are somewhat suspect of gaseous fuels (especially Hydrogen, "remember the Hindenburg...")? I don't think there is enough push for any gasious fuels to make a large dent in the liquid fuels stranglehold. I think that a pure EV solution has a better chance than any gaseous fuel due to the public acceptance of plugging household appliances in on a routine basis. Not often to I have to "filler up" or plug in my NG stove, dryer, water heater. Those things are seen as more a 'have a professional install it once and let it go' type of technology. Electricity is ubiqiteous. Liquid fuels are also. Sometimes I do have to fill up the BBQ propane tank, but that is every 3 months or so, so my experience is not weekly. It's more about commonality and habit.
James Slayden On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, murdoch wrote: > I'm a little confused. I thought that GM has announced having to turn > to Toyota for hybrid technology to bring these hybrids out. But in > this USA Today presentation, no mention seems to be made of that, and > at the end GM comes off as some sort of supposed innovator in the > field. > > The concept of grid-chargeable hybrids isn't mentioned but I think it > is on the minds of many activists. Once a hybrid owner has the chance > to drive on Electricity alone, he or she might well be interested in a > pure EV. At the least it allows petroleum-free operation. At present > none are offered to the public nor talked-about by the major makers. > > There is nothing about a hybrid which precludes the use of a fuel cell > in place of an internal combustion engine. I'm guessing that we might > see such a thing if a durable good fuel cell powered by a conventional > liquid fuel as developed. I'm skeptical of the success of hydrogen. > > MM > > On Thu, 02 Jan 2003 16:41:16 -0000, you wrote: > > > > >http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2002-12-29-hybrid_x.htm > > > >Now we need to equip those hybrids as Flexible Fuel Vehicles that can > >burn either gasoline or ethanol, or any combination of the two fuels. > > > >http://www.ccities.doe.gov/vbg/consumers/e85.shtml > > > >Then we need a genome project to produce a saltwater seaweed with a > >high cellulose content, that can be used to produce unlimited > >supplies of ethanol, as in my essay entitled "Benthic Energy", near > >the bottom of my Starship Generations website. > > > >http://geocities.com/womplex_oo1/StarshipGenerations.html > > > > > > > > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > >Biofuels list archives: > >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > >To unsubscribe, send an email to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
