Hydrogen Fuel Cell? Sure, and a thought on how it can become a reality

[cjpopp]

Honda has released a new Hydrogen Fuel Cell car today and it will be available for lease - but only to those in selected cities in California

Comments

[gesundyke]

The fuel companies say there's no cars so why build stations everywhere.

This is a vicious circle. What comes first?

Here's an idea: The one that builds fueling stations everywhere is going to be the Rockefeller of the 21st Century.

it's started.

[gesundyke]

The way out of the circle, I mean.

And Ew, Microsoft branded gasoline?

[antimatter_girl]

"2) Serve the good of the planet. Hydrogen = clean fuel. Clean fuel = saving the planet. You can't be more humanitarian than saving humanity."

Making hydrogen isn't necessarily clean, though the hydrogen is. A better alternative would be to invest in accelerating the development of battery technology for electric cars to cut out the middle man of hydrogen. Which is better? Using electricity to juice up your car directly, or using electricity to juice up the hydrogen plant that will eventually juice up your car after energy loss due to the conversion process? Not to mention that major infrastructure investment that doesn't need to take place for electric cars.

Meantime, it's a heck of a lot easier to mass produce clean electricity for transportation than current transportation energy sources, so yeah...let's go nuclear!

[rie9412]

ummm personally nuclear would be better if we were better equipped to deal with the radioactive isotope plutonium as a waste disposal item.... water and wind are better ideas along with methane ( cow pies anyone?)