Hydrogen Fuel Cells Hit the Road

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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Nice but

[Ranger]

Hydrogen is a storage medium. It takes energy to produce it. What are they going to use? Nuclear, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, wind, oil, or coal? Biodiesel is the way to go. The whole point of alternative fuels is to 1) to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and 2) to reduce our impact on the environment.

$500 a month rental wouldn't be bad if they took care of all the maintainence. It would even be better if that included the hydrogen fuel.