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ChadTower:

You're one of the very first people I've heard, outside of an actual power grid genre discussion, mention that possibility.

EVERYONE I've talked to about hydrogen cars has assumed that the future is cars with tanks of Hydrogen fueling them.
boykster:
That's interesting, I'm most familiar with GM's hydrogen projects including the AUTOnomy and the Hy-wire fuel cell powered vehicles.  not only do they not use internal combustion AT ALL, but they produce more electricity than they use, so the surplus can be transferred to storage arrays for other uses...

Oh, and this DOES include a hydrogen "fuel tank" on the vehicle...albeit in a bladder form rather than a rigid tank as we have now

IMHO, this is the future, not combustion.

http://www.gm.com/company/gmability/adv_tech/400_fcv/index.html

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/hy-wire.htm

http://archive.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2002/paris/preview/gm-hywire/


shardian:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 19, 2006, 04:00:20 pm ---EVERYONE I've talked to about hydrogen cars has assumed that the future is cars with tanks of Hydrogen fueling them.

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That is because that is what all the auto companies and the government have been pursuing. Hydrogen combustion has about run its course now though.

Fuel Cell technology is still in its infancy. Once more people start investing in it, it will most likely become a viable source.
shmokes:
I'm not sure that "EVERYONE" should be italicized or in caps.  I think people have been talking about hydrogen fuel cells and you have assumed they were talking about combustion when they actually weren't.  Fuel cells have been the darling of the media for years and I haven't heard squat about combustion.  All of the auto companies, from Honda and Toyota to GM and Ford have been making announcements about fuel cells and showing prototypes at the car shows.   Fuel cells have been all over the media.  You'd have to live in a cave to have missed the ongoing discussion.
ChadTower:

--- Quote from: shmokes on December 20, 2006, 11:23:09 pm ---I'm not sure that "EVERYONE" should be italicized or in caps.  I think people have been talking about hydrogen fuel cells and you have assumed they were talking about combustion when they actually weren't.  Fuel cells have been the darling of the media for years and I haven't heard squat about combustion.  All of the auto companies, from Honda and Toyota to GM and Ford have been making announcements about fuel cells and showing prototypes at the car shows.   Fuel cells have been all over the media.  You'd have to live in a cave to have missed the ongoing discussion.

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How could you possibly know the people I've talked to?  And worse, try to make assumptions about what other people may or may not have said in conversations you didn't witness with people you didn't know?
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