Well this is one of the major problems with hydrogen fueled vehicles.
Currently the only reasonably efficient way we have to produce hydrogen is to get it from natural gas. However, this process creates as much CO2 as burning gasoline, so there's no benefit.
Theoretically you can use electricity to break the atomic bonds in water (electrolysis) and then burn the resulting hydrogen, but it takes a lot more energy to break the bonds than you will get from burning the hydrogen, so unless we find a way to weaken the bonds, this won't work either.
Scientists are studying the possibility of getting hydrogen by combining water with aluminum alloys, but they're not sure if this will work on a large scale for a car.
http://www.physorg.com/news98556080.html
Then once you produce the hydrogen, you still need a way to tranport and store it. Building such infrastructure would cost billions of dollars, so there are several problems with hydrogen fuel cell cars.
2007-12-10 04:14:02
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answered by Dana1981 7
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gas cellular autos are no longer hybrids. the hydrogen (or methane) is used to offer electrical energy that run automobiles that force the wheels. if the definition of a hybrid became 2 sorts of capability are used.. any inner combustion autos (i.e., wide-unfold automobiles) would desire to be noted as hybrids because of the fact they use gas and that they've alternators that produce electrical energy.. even with the incontrovertible fact that, those are no longer hybrids Hybrids force trains have 2 completely separate capability materials and would or won't use regenerative braking to recharge one among those capability materials. a known hybrid has an electric powered motor and an inner combustion motor.... so it relatively is gas and electric powered.. and the motor vehicle can surely be run on the two source one after the other.. GM's new volt equipment would have the two an electric powered capability source and a backup inner combustion equipment.. even with the incontrovertible fact that it is not a hybrid. the indoors combustion equipment runs a generator that recharges the batteries that run the electrical powered capability source
2016-12-10 18:22:17
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answered by Anonymous
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It is very dangerous and if u get any oxygen in the tank it will blow up. The atom is so small it will leak through anything.
2007-12-10 09:18:09
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answered by JOHNNIE B 7
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This can not be done at home, only in the fuel cell factory.
2007-12-09 22:24:14
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answered by Anonymous
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