The energy required to produce hydrogen from water or methane (or any other source) will always be greater than the energy you would then get from burning it again. Therefore, hydrogen fuel can never be practical. Petrol is different; it already exists in crude oil, and doesn't have to be produced, only distilled from the oil, which requires less energy.
2006-08-27 02:37:58
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answer #1
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answered by stevewbcanada 6
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Water (H20) is like the ash left over when you burn hydrogen with oxygen. Just as you cannot use the ashes in a fireplace to build a cozy fire, you cannot use water as a fuel to drive a car. Of course you can use the ashes in a fireplace to help fertilize and grow a new tree for firewood. And in like manner you could use energy (electricity and electrolysis) to separate water into oxygen and hydrogen and use the hydrogen as fuel. In fact some fuel cells do use hydrogen as fuel to drive cars.
2006-08-27 03:14:03
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answer #2
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answered by Kes 7
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A car can drive by its just to expensive, but if you got a couple million dollars for hydrogen fuel cells, it would be better for the environment because it puts the hydrogen and oxygen together, which creates energy and the only byproduct is pure water.
2006-08-27 02:49:12
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answer #3
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answered by Anonymous
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Hydrogen is very explosive and fairly expensive. Getting hydrogen out of water requires a significant amount of energy, so you can't run a car that way.
2006-08-27 02:36:19
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answered by Anonymous
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Cars can and do run on hydrogen. No, it doesn't cost more for hydrogen than for petrol. The problem is the vehicles cost more to make and maintain. Right now if you flooded the market with such vehicles they wouldn't have many places to fuel either.
2006-08-27 02:35:52
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answer #5
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answered by tjjone 5
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Cars have been engineered to run on hydrogen and yes it is very expensive ( currently ) to separate out usable hydrogen for the current cars.
2006-08-27 02:35:54
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answer #6
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answered by roamin70 4
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Hydrogen is highly combustible but by changing its chemical energy into electrical [eg fuel cells] it can be employed as a motor fuel.
2006-08-27 03:53:34
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answer #7
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answered by bb s 2
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Learn to speak dude..........seriously.....how hard is it to ask:
"Why can't cars run on hydrogen? Does hydrogen cost more than petrol?"
Take more time, write clearer!
And to answer........it's prob bc they haven't developed the technology yet
2006-08-27 02:35:06
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answer #8
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answered by Anonymous
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2016-12-11 16:09:07
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answer #9
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answered by allateef 4
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some people say that you could extract alot of energy from water, but They do not know or do not want to do it! Anyway if H is replacing oil, Your economy of your country will be in big ****!
2006-08-27 03:07:26
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answer #10
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answered by Anonymous
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