Not to keep this thread going....but....
I read an article a while back about this (I think
it was Wired magazine) about hydrogen powered
cars. BMW has a 7 series already using it and
apparently performance is excellent.
The major problems with it are:
1) No hydrogen pumps. Just like any alternate
fuel sources (OK, maybe not Electric),
people will need a place to fuel up.
Although development can happen, somebody
is going to have to dump a TON of money
into building the pumps to make it worth
building the cars, but if they don't build
the cars, nobody will build the pumps.....etc.
2) People still remember the Hindenburg. And right
or not, they think it was because of the Hydrogen.
Nobody is going to want to drive the Hindenburg.....
3) Hydrogen is hard (read expensive) to convert for
use as a fuel. The article had the whole process
and as I recall, will be difficult to mass produce
cheaply.
The article (which was more about GM) is here:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.08/fuelcellcars.html
I'd love to see it happen, however, as long as they
still sell gas for the Sprite....
-Rob
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