why do we got to go through the oil companies to get to hydrogen power?

Question

we pay for the gas so lets just get a grant from the gover ment and start rite away paying for hydrogen tell the oil companies they dont own us or hydrogen tecnology put you out of buisness and vote and drop kick boycott oil and coal and nuclear energy im pretty sick of living with this pollution my kids cant even see days like i saw now and its making me coserphobic like i cant evn think any more

Answer 1

There are no "oil" companies.

They are "energy" companies.

You want to tell big companies what to do? Vote for Hillary, then. She'll nationalize them and then she'll be the one that tells them what to do.

It'll look pretty much like it does now, except the money will go to pay for your "free" healthcare.

Answer 2

A "grant" from the government comes from people like you and me. I have nothing against hydrogen, except for the fact, that it is hard to store in quantities large enough to be useful. It's hard to start in different climates, and is just as complicated as gas, if not more. It does usually burn clean, but that hydrogen has to come from somewhere.

Electric vehicles are much more robust, yet all the battery technology keeps getting patented or bought by the same energy companies.You can't even use certain types of batteries (maybe the ones in phones/laptops), in an automotive application in mass production, unless you pay a large royalty.

Chevron / Texaco has the large NiMH battery market under their control (Cobasys/Panasonic), and now they are moving toward controlling large format Li-Ions with their agreement with A123 battery systems. Keep "testing" these batteries, in small numbers in fleets you will never come across. Then make sure the cars they are in, are super ugly.

Why is this? Profit. As oil prices get higher, and the possibility of running out of oil gets larger, they can milk that cash cow for another 30-50 years.

Electric, and most electric hybrid cars have full torque throughout their range, so even a 70hp/70ft-lb motor would get up and go, more like a 150 to 200hp (which is a peak number) motor in a similar car. Top speed might be different, but it would still be over 90mph.

I'm more into the performance and usability of the car, than the lowering of pollution. HOWEVER, that being said, Electric cars, charged off peak (night time), are much much less pollutive, when compared to cracking hydrocarbons for H2, or burning, drilling, transporting, pumping, and converting, gasoline/ethanol. Not supporting countries in the ME solely for their oil, and a new industry for America to pioneer and innovate in, are additional benefits.

Right now they cost so much, mostly because of the batteries. Once something is patented and held by an independent automaker or philanthropist, the cost will be similar to any other car today. The other reason they cost so much, is that they are hand made (mostly). Once demand goes up, and start being mass produced, cost will again, go down.

Answer 3

Bush dropped a hint of what is to come in a state of the union speech about 3 years ago.

He mentioned pulling in the big oil companies to explore hydrogen alternatives to fossil fuels.

So ... after the olil companies have spent decades with a giant vacuum sucking the dollars out of the pockets of the American consumer, big oil potentially becomes "Lords of the Hydrogen" ... so they can rape us all over again.

Answer 4

The Oil companies have the money to invest in new technology like this. Besides, it's still a free society and they can start any business they like.

Answer 5

I have one for you. Why do we make ethanol out of corn when it costs more to make than what they sell it for? Why don't we make it out of sugar? After all isn't easier and cheaper to make alcohol out of sugar? We ar being scammed again.