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Truckers Choose Hydrogen Power

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the now-to-make-it-bite-sized dept.

hipernoico writes to tell us Wired News is reporting that hundreds of semi trucks now on the roads are being partially powered by hydrogen. From the article: "These 18-wheelers make hydrogen as they go, eliminating the need for high-pressure, cryogenic storage tanks or hydrogen filling stations, which, by the way, don't yet exist. These truckers aren't just do-gooders. They like Canadian Hydrogen Energy's Hydrogen Fuel Injection, or HFI, system because it lets them save fuel, get more horsepower and, as a bonus, cause less pollution."

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  1. Additional supplement to the hydrogen? by nizo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps we should investigate additionally using methane as a source of fuel for these trucks. Not only could we keep these guys in business, but in some cases (such as trucks that haul cattle) they might actually produce more energy than they burn.

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    I Am My Own Worst Enemy
  2. What?? by rscoggin · · Score: 5, Funny

    That doesn't fit the rugged stereotypical trucker at all! "Goshdernit, we're gonna pollute all we need to get this convoy to San Antonio by Saturday!"

    1. Re:What?? by identity0 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, no kidding! What next, an ethanol-powered General Lee?! 'Course, if they used moonshine, it'd be alright...

      But how can I take Smokey & The Bandit seriously if Burt Reynolds has to stop every now and then and go, "Gosh darn it, the H2/Oxygen ratio is all gummed up, I gotta recalibrate the electrolysis diffuser and recompile the firmware matrix!"(kicks tires). They're turning my redneck flicks into Star Trek! Nooooooo!!

  3. Re:Maybe a problem by dada21 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, the root problem is finding a way to obtain $sys$pollution.

  4. In this house... by headkase · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...they might actually produce more energy than they burn...

    [HOMER]
    In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
    [/HOMER]
    ;)

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    Shh.
  5. They've had such technology for years! by i41Overlord · · Score: 5, Funny

    They made an engine that could run on water but the Big Oil companies bought the patents and hid it in a dark room and behind closed doors, black helicopters, Area51, republicans, Bob Lazar, tin foil hats, mind control beam, yada yada yada.

  6. Re:Pretty sure it works by beej · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah right. You're in on it, too, obviously!