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Hydrogen Fuel Cells Hit the Road

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the tough-finding-a-fueling-station dept.

caffeined writes "Well, it looks like Honda is doing a real test of their fuel-cell car. A family in California is renting the car for $500/mo. Honda is charging them so that they take it seriously - an executive explained that if it were free they might not get the kind of feedback they want. If someone is paying for something and they're not happy - then you're going to hear about it. This is apparently the first fuel-cell car on the road anywhere in the world, according to Honda."

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  1. Sign me up! by Safe+Sex+Goddess · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I've been trying to find an alternative fuel car that matches my lifestyle.

    I've had several people, including my father and brothers, who are supposed to be trying to find me an older $5,000 diesel convertible so that I can have it modified to run on biodiesel.

    I don't think they are taking me seriously though, because it's been two years and they've still not found me a car to match my specifications!

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  2. Re:Don't hold your breath by ifwm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ah mods!

    How can something be

    "(Score:2, Informative)"

    when THE INFORMATION IS WRONG!

    There should be some way to revoke that mod's points permanently.

  3. Re:OT: 3 column layout by Richthofen80 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    continuing off-topic, there's a CSS 3 proposed standard that would split content in a block level element into columns.

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  4. Hybrids are a Load of Crap by queenb**ch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why are we worried about hybrids? They're expensive and now we're talking about using up our potable water to power vehicles. Water is a more precious resource than petrochemicals. I can walk, if I have to. I cannot not drink water. Most places in the world, potable water is the single most precious resource. Yeah...that's what I want - Water Wars.

    Gasoline engines will combust ethanol just as easily as fossil fuels. For those of you in colder climes, you might have to give it a bit of a spray to get the engine running and let it warm up, but it will work.

    Diesel engines will run biodiesel just as easily. Biodiesel is just a fancy name of a mixture of oil and either ethanol, kerosene, or petro-diesel.

    DUH! All we really need to do is change what's the fuel pump. Brazil did it.

    2 cents,

    Queen B

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