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Originally Posted by jerry w
I Hydrogen fuel tanks for cars will have to be enormous to produce a range of 300 miles like contemporary cars.
regards
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Not to start a tizzy, but this is not true and is one of the reasons I have a hard time with the bias media. They seem intent on bringing down U.S. automakers so the uninformed will keep buying Toyotas and keep us shackled to giant
oil companies. Hybrids are a stop gap; you still are dependant on
oil. Plug-ins will eventually lead to a massive strain on electric grids that are already stretched to capacity. I have told many before who my wife is. She is one of the senior research scientists for GM's fuel cell program in New York. Current fuel cell technology yields a 107 mpg range when compared to gasoline. The truth is you will need much less space for fuel storage. Also, I don't know if any of you caught the future cars show on Discovery, but this is a very viable solution. The problems of production and supply have been pretty much solved by electrolysis via sunlight and other means by the Norwegians. The Japanese seem to be stealing all of the lime light, but rest assured GM has a program that is in step, if not ahead of them. I have been in the prototypes and I have seen the numbers. The performance of fuel cell powered electric vehicles is amazing and the solution works very well as a replacement for gasoline. Just my .02
--Mike