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Hydrogen Powered Toy Car

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who-will-be-the-first-to-just-use-the-hydrogen dept.

Harmonious Botch writes "CNN is reporting that Shanghai's Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies will soon begin sales of a tiny hydrogen fuel-cell car, complete with its own miniature solar-powered refueling station." From the article: "Automakers and energy companies view hydrogen fuel cells as a promising technology that could wean the world from its addiction to crude oil. But it's expensive and technological hurdles remain despite billions of dollars that have been poured into research."

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  1. All the cool stuff comes out after I grow up by gwhenning · · Score: 4, Funny

    So will all the kids be able to setup hydrogen stands when the real cars comeout?

    1. Re:All the cool stuff comes out after I grow up by dominique_cimafranca · · Score: 5, Funny
      This is already the real thing. The next step is to breed smaller and smaller people so that they will be able to fit in a car like this. This will also solve the world's population density problem in the larger cities.

      Just kidding.

  2. I get... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    3 miles to a mole of hydrogen!!!

  3. Re:Big Oil by pete-classic · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would like to withdraw my post in this thread. Seeing this guy get bitch-slapped by a Chemical Engineering Professor with a four-digit user ID was way better than what I said!

    -Peter

  4. Automakers response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A true American drives an SUV.
    Are tiny people gonna drive these tiny cars with tiny fuel cells?

    Huh? Huh??? (while prodding someone smaller nearby)

  5. And they think it's a toy?! by Assassin+bug · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bwa hahaha ha HAaaaaaaaa...

    Pinky: "Gee, Brain, what should we do tonight?"
    Brain: "The same thing we do every night Pinky."
    Pinky: "What's that Brain?"
    Brain: "Try to take over the world!" ... WITH MY TOY CAR!!!

  6. Swiftly thinking about it by tepples · · Score: 2, Funny
    The next step is to breed smaller and smaller people so that they will be able to fit in a car like this. This will also solve the world's population density problem in the larger cities.

    That's a modest proposal. Now how small would these people have to be? About 1/12 scale?

  7. Re:Water/hydrogen engine? by kfg · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about just putting water in your car and doing electrolysis on it . . .

    Pretty cool idea. All we'd need to do is load the car up with a bunch of batteries. . .

    KFG