The concept of hydrogen being an economic fuel source is just silly. Only by taking money from others not using the fuel can it be competitively priced.
The greatest storage system for hydrogen is Diesel fuel..
Don’t blow up... easy to store... easy to make... very common and available..
and with a new engine LIBERALS HATE.... http://www.angellabsllc.com/mytengine.html
because of the logic and attributes of it..
“The concept of hydrogen being an economic fuel source is just silly. Only by taking money from others not using the fuel can it be competitively priced.”
Per the article, the fuel capacity is about 5 gallons of hydrogen. What is the cost of a gallon of hydrogen?
The concept of hydrogen being an economic fuel source is just silly. Only by taking money from others not using the fuel can it be competitively priced.
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I don’t disagree with you even a little bit.
The only important thing here is how much progress has been made and how much money is behind further R&D.
It looks very much like the Japanese have understood that they can’t afford to be importing oil anymore. Their debt is too high.
Toyota’s determined push looks very much like national policy. That means that the money for R&D will be large constant and determined. 10 years from now after multibillion dollar investments-—Toyota still may have only closed the gap with internal combustion engines by 50% or more likely —the fuel efficiency of internal combustion engines will have doubled. But Toyota will continue to push for ever better fuel cell cars.
On Japanese national policy —you have to watch the events in the south china sea. the chinese are intent on controlling that sea and therefor controlling the supply of oil to Japan. The chinese figure to create a choke point.
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The Japanese are starting to collaborate with all parties to stop Chinese expansion into the south china sea. I’d also bet that Toyota’s efforts to create a fuel cell car that will wean the Japanese off internal combustion engines and therefor oil—is also a part of their national strategy.
Don't confuse the issue with facts.
Except for stop and creep city driving, a Yaris will get the same mileage as a Prius. With 1/4 the repair costs. I make a lot of money fixing Prius. (Prii?) If the hydrogen is refined from natural gas there are CO2 emissions somewhere. Electrolysis, same story.