The case for nuke cars—it's called 'hydrogen.' [Fuel cells make ZERO sense.]

Car And Driver magazine ^ | October, 2005 issue | Patrick Bedard

[newgeezer]

This seems to be a level-handed, hard-hitting analysis of the fallacy of running a car on hydrogen anytime soon.

[Conspiracy Guy]

My truck is powered by nonsense and I have a limitless supply.

[RockinRight]

This is what we need:

[Question_Assumptions]

Anthrop says it must be compressed to at least 4000 psi (Honda uses 5000 psi in the FCX; GM is trying for 10,000).

10,000 psi containers of compressed hydrogen. That sure will be a lot of fun during a high-speed accident or other container failure. You thought a ruptured gas tank or throwing a piston was bad...

[American Quilter]

This article jibes with one I read in American Spectator a couple of years ago. I've been down on hydrogen cars ever since. And with all I've read lately about the safety of new nuclear plants, I'm coming to the conclusion that that may be the way to go. I'm sure sick of being jerked around by the oil-producing countries, and hydrogen's economically unfeasible.

By the way, isn't it amazing that France gets 75% of its power from nuclear plants?

[GSlob]

Well, maybe they will have a cold fusion cell as a power source. The quackery content alone would be enough to propel the vehicle to the greenpissers' headquarters and back.

[King Prout]

ping

[Incorrigible]

Somebody needs to get in the Delorean and bring a few of them back from the future!

[RightWhale]

The quackery content alone

Have you seen the new Chevy Mallard? The car seats two, the rest of the vehicle being occupied by the reactor, the cooling tower, and 5000 tons of concrete shielding.

[randog]

Us techies have been saying this all along--"Hydrogen, hydrogen everywhere, but nary a drop to burn."

[montag813]

What the hell is wrong with gasoline? Let's just close down the Sierra Club, NRDC and ACLU under RICO statutes, and then open up ANWR and the entire Western shale to unfettered production (f**k the caribou and salamanders, they can't drive). Investor's Business Daily estimates that the Western shale can produce enough oil to provide for America's entire demand for the next 400 years. Tree-huggers are the enemy. We voted in Republicans to shut those stupid pussies down. It's time to do that. Get the children (meaning Liberals) out of the office, it's time to let the adults solve America's energy needs.

[BillM]

The area of promise is entrained hydrogen generated catalytically or biologically. This is the only realistic hope.

If someone works it out, he will be rich beyond imagining!!!

[Alex Murphy]

10,000 psi containers of compressed hydrogen. That sure will be a lot of fun during a high-speed accident or other container failure. You thought a ruptured gas tank or throwing a piston was bad.

From what I understand, the first hydrogen-cell-powered vehicles will be marketed by Ford. The first model has already been given a name..

The Ford Pinto II

[mmercier]

Nuclear plants dedicated solely to electrolysis are the answer.

Seeing as the greenies will not allow the construction of any new nuclear facility dedicated to any purpose, we will just have to listen to them whine on about fantasy clean energy ideas until the lights literally go out and the economy runs to a stop.

That is the greenie goal for those who are unaware, all their talk of new sources and their continued political obstruction of any new sources is simply the masturbation they are using to deliver the masses to their goal.

True environmentalists believe the earth is their "mother" and any use of her resources it equivalent to a cancer in a biological entity. They intend to deliver humanity back to the stone age, and have no problem with the casualties.

I know these pigs well as I was once one of them.

[chaosagent]

Great!

[IncredibleHulk]

This seems to be a level-handed, hard-hitting analysis of the fallacy of running a car on hydrogen anytime soon.

I would like to see a similar analysis using the Canadian anhydride's as the hydrogen source instead of the expensive water or natural gas which is useful for other purposes.

Hulkster

[rightwinggoth]

Reminds me of the flying Chevy Malibu from Repo Man.

[KarlInOhio]

My truck is powered by nonsense and I have a limitless supply.

I used to have one of those until I drove inside the Washington beltway. It accelerated to 200 mph and then the engine caught fire.

[Publius6961]

BUMP!

[Publius6961]

BUMP!