What is inhibiting this technology from wider proliferation, given the obvious environmental benefits?
Any answers welcome, but if they involve the dominant influence of oil companies then I'd like some level of substantiation.
2007-10-18 02:09:45 · 17 answers · asked by Raygun 2 in Environment ➔ Alternative Fuel Vehicles
The technology needs further development ... it is suitable for trains and busses but not for cars yet because of ... how do I describe this ...
If you looked at the displacement of an internal combustion engine you can get about 100 hp per liter of displacement. Oil is a very concentrated form of energy. But a fuel cell will give you about 1 hp per 100 liters of displacement.
Fuel cells just dont produce enough energy/weight to be viable in autos, yet.
2007-10-18 08:27:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-04 02:08:16 · answer #2 · answered by luera 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had heard previous estimates that cost effectiveness ratio won't be competitive until oil reaches $100 a barrel.
That was said back when oil was below $50.
Now that oil is over $80, we may hear more about hydrogen fuel cells.
2007-10-18 07:54:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because fuel cells are EXPENSIVE, cost more than a regular engine.
Fuel cell technology have been around for quite sometime now, but its cost restrict its use to highly funded applications such as space vehicles and space stations.
Not to mention its bulky, because a single fuel cell generates only a small amount of current, lots of it are needed to power a vehicle.
2007-10-18 04:27:20 · answer #4 · answered by Mike S 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The cost of a hydrogen fuel cell with sufficient capacity to power a small economy car is approximately $100,000.
the cost of a fuel cell large enough to power a full size sedan is approximately $250,000.
That does not include the cost of the car.
The car is extra.
The cost of fuel cells is prohibitive.
Also fuel cells require extremely clean sources of hydrogen gas.
Small amount of contaminants will poison your fuel cell and render it inoperative.
Your fuel cell will become the world's most expensive paper weight.
That is the reason that we do not have more cars powered by fuel cells.
2007-10-18 09:48:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hydrogen technology is not economically competitive at the moment. At some point, perhaps because of taxes or regulation it may become an attractive option, but even then it would take time and money to build up the distribution/production infrastructure.
2007-10-18 02:33:17 · answer #6 · answered by Robert A 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because there is no market for it but if the Phillipine goverment or the State of Ca. will mandate the carbon monoxide emmision at its lowest level to reverse the greenhouse effect then Japanese manufacturers will commercially produce fuel cell cars to make it more affordable at $30,000 per unit.
2007-10-18 09:07:10 · answer #7 · answered by chito 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The fuel cells are way too expensive and there is no natural source of hydrogen.
2007-10-18 02:31:58 · answer #8 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
monopoly of the combustion engine lobby which have to recover returns from high investment already sunk in the automobile industry.
soon hydrogen fuel cell engines would be a common sight.
thnks
2007-10-18 04:34:49 · answer #9 · answered by mandira_nk 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Hydrogen is very unstable and the technology has not been controlled in an ecconomical manner.
2007-10-18 02:14:08 · answer #10 · answered by Stephen B 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋