and why did it supplement the electric car as the next big leap? who decided this and who benefits?
2007-09-24 07:10:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It's going to take fifty years, I predict, to develop the hydrogen infrastructure that might support such a car. Developing the car isn't the biggest problem. Developing the filling stations is.
This, I think, is why hydrogen cars have been pushed so heavily by the powers that be: they represent no immediate threat. Electric cars exist now and would work for 90% of all driving, but corporations don't want anything to change, so they promote an alternative that won't exist for half a century.
2007-09-24 07:18:25 · answer #1 · answered by Steve 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I'd say in 10-20 years there will be enough of a crunch on oil to make it so that someone will fund the money to start it up.
The reason it has leaped above electric is this... when you charge an electric car.. where does the power you charge it with come from? A power plant.. and that plant is most likely churning out a lot of pollution... but there have been recent breakthroughs that have made Hydrogen extraction from water more practical... the only problem is that you have to set up recycling stations for the Aluminum and Galium the seperate the Hydrogen from the Oxygen (no Aluminum or Galium is lost in the exchange.. but they do separate.. and have to be refused to be effective)... and the only byproduct of the entire hygrogen burning process is H2O.. or water... can't beat that!
2007-09-24 07:42:45 · answer #2 · answered by pip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once they find an efficient way to get the hydrogen (because it costs more than gas and requires more gas to extract it) then it still won't be popular. Outdoors people, the military, farmers, etc. need trucks and large other large vehicles with immense power behind them to get the job done. So hydrogen will really never truly take over the auto market.
Electrical cars are great, but you lose every bit of power that you could have harnessed with a gas engine, and batteries are heavy.
I say that a combination electric/gas car is the way. But not these pansy hybrids, I'm talking about an auto that can switch from electrical power to gas power at the turn of a key, so that you get the best of both worlds.
2007-09-24 07:23:59 · answer #3 · answered by Mr.m4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hydrogen car is almost ready to go but hydrogen is not.
Right now, Hydrogen is a negative yield meaning that it takes more energy to make it than you can get out of it.
That the energy is consumed at a stationary plant means there is less pollution but that's the only advantage.
Until hydrogen production becomes more efficient the car will have to wait.
Turn the effort to renewable esthers like Bio Diesel using waste products already in the supply chain and you will gain ground both in the areas of energy and the environment.
2007-09-24 07:23:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe 1 - 2 decades. Honda is leading the push for hydrogen cars. It is up to that company to control how it reaches the market. Other companies are doing similar things, but it's my understanding Honda is far along with development (more so than other players).
2007-09-24 07:20:44 · answer #5 · answered by Pfo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hydrogen fuelled cars are already available. BMW is already selling them. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14798876/
There are hydrogen refueling stations up and down the west coast. Soon there will be so many that you will be able to drive from San Diego to Seattle without buying gasoline.
Al Gore and liberals are the reason why we don't have more hydrogen available. They were the ones that stopped the building of nuclear power plants. They don't know how they work so they are afraid of them.
Al Gore did everything in his power to block nuclear power plants from being built during his time as vice president. President Bush has made a great effort to cut all of the red tape to get new nuclear power plants built.
Hydrogen is very cheap when it is generated by using electricity from nuclear reactors:
"Hydrogen Production from Nuclear Energy"
http://www.jlab.org/hydrogen/talks/Walters.pdf
2007-09-24 07:19:28 · answer #6 · answered by a bush family member 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It could be tomorrow if we wanted it enough.
However, it will be decades at least because the oil and car guys are making too much of a fortune off the status quo.
Once the direct themselves to profitiing off hydrogen cell cars...then we'll have them.
The technology's there.
2007-09-24 07:19:49 · answer #7 · answered by Kelly B 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's all about money. Car dealerships and Car repair shops make their money from repairs. Electrical and hydrogen cell cars are less likely to have engine and transmission problems. So, why create something that is going to make you lose money.
2007-09-24 07:18:09 · answer #8 · answered by Liberal City 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
BMW claims it has a hydrogen cell car that will be ready for production "in the next 3 years."
http://www.bmwusa.com/BMW2003/Templates/Common/Video6Panel.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7bD90E98F0-E33E-41BB-91CE-23E4DCB8C8C0%7d&NRORIGINALURL=%2funiquelybmw%2ffuture_technologies&NRCACHEHINT=Guest
2007-09-24 07:20:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋