"groundhogsteve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > My overall view is that there is no one "energy solution". It is a > series of small incremental solutions that cover specific > situations.
Agreed. > I see fuel cells using hydrolysis from renewables as one part. For some reality on fuel cell potential in transport sector, see: http://www.econogics.com/ev/fcevreal.htm > I see conservation as a big part still Absolutely. <snip> > The first "beta" version of fuel cell cars are in the customer's > hands in California and Japan. The first 30 busses are being > demonstrated in Europe. All the fuel cell companies are being really > secretive about where they are on platinum loading reduction and the > overall cost curve. Ballard is actually out selling real fuel cells, not > demonstration ones. So I think they will be coming into the mainstream > within 5 years. Don't hold your breath. Government-funded buses and automakers PR cars do not constitute a solution. Darryl McMahon ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE Cell Phones with up to $400 Cash Back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_bBUKB/vYxFAA/i5gGAA/9bTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/