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Hydrogen Vehicle Generates Its Own Fuel

An anonymous reader writes "Our friends at The Arizona Republic have the scoop: 'The truck is hydrogen-powered and creates its own fuel from solar energy and water, a technical feat that rivals the advanced technology being researched by major auto companies and universities. The four-cylinder engine is tuned to run on hydrogen, which is produced by a hand-built electrolysis system mounted in the bed.' You can also help this project."

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  1. i want one! by Narcocide · · Score: 4, Funny

    can i get mine with hoverlift?

  2. Whoop! Whoop! Whoop! by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Funny
    The truck is hydrogen-powered and creates its own fuel from solar energy and water

    National Security Risk in Sector 14

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  3. Well... by BigChigger · · Score: 5, Funny

    it still uses water. That's as scarce as gas in Arizona.

    BC

  4. Cool by roman_mir · · Score: 3, Funny

    And at night, they can use a lamp connected to the battery to power the solar panels on top of the car.

    Sure it would look strange, a car with a lamp mounted on the roof to shine down towards the roof surface, but think of the possibilities, we may never have to stop for gas ever again! :>

  5. Duh! the answer is obvious by 955301 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just have a group of other cars follow it around with mirrors pointing more light on the solar panels.

    Problem solved.

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  6. Re:It's near performance already by justanyone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bicycles are NOT cleaner. WARNING: SATIRE ALERT! SATIRE ALERT!

    The power from bicycles comes from humans eating food and producing poop. The food production takes an unbelievably large amount of energy intensive fossil fuel burning machinery to produce, and quite a bit of value-add from packaging, marketing, etc. (grin).

    Likewise, the 'CLEAN ENERGY' aspect of this ignores POOP. Humans that bicycle would use more energy and create more Poop. This would in turn create proportionately more feces, which would have to be processed in an energy intensive sewage treatment plant.

    Manufacturing the bicycles, paving for the roads suitably, etc. is very inefficient and Anti-Green (shall we say RED?). The most GREEN thing we can do is stop emitting greenhouse gasses ("farts"), poop ("feces"), and consuming valuable resources by eating things. I recommend all humans should hold their breath until they die and save the planet.

    SATIRE ALERT! The above is Satire. Any correspondence between this and a valid opinion would be in the direct opposite direction, ideologically speaking.

  7. Dying isn't green by nathan+s · · Score: 5, Funny

    Decomposition releases all sorts of gases, possibly methane and carbon dioxide, although I'm not a biologist.

    Obviously then, dying isn't green. And since you suggested it, I can tell that you're an evil RED spy masquerading as a GREEN supporter.:-)

  8. What's the big deal? by tjic · · Score: 3, Funny
    So he's re-invented a solar car...except instead of conventional battery technology, he's using a big tank of highly flammable gas.

    Big whoop.

  9. Re:It's near performance already by KilobyteKnight · · Score: 3, Funny
    The most GREEN thing we can do is stop emitting greenhouse gasses ("farts"), poop ("feces"), and consuming valuable resources by eating things.


    Or we could capture and burn the farts and poop. Perhaps the turbo button could be shaped like a toilet flush lever.

    Yes Ma'am, this car uses solar power to produce hydrogen. But it will also run on fossil fuels and feces. Notice the plush padding around the fecal collection bin in the drivers seat and the lighted mirror on the sun shade? Yes Ma'am, we do have one in brown.
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  10. Re:It's near performance already by Xaroth · · Score: 5, Funny

    I recommend all humans should hold their breath until they die and save the planet.

    I could not agree more! Save the planet! Kill yourself!

    http://www.churchofeuthanasia.org/