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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. Re:Big Oil by gatzke · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Do you have any clue about fuel cell technology? PV solar cells? You can't just spout off "oil companies are bad, mmmkay."

    Current PEMFC fuel cells use a lot of platinum and are generally pretty big for automotive use. There are a lot of hurdles to get past (including hydrogen storage).

    And hydrogen is not energy, it is a way to transport / store energy. Hydrogen won't solve all our problems.

    And soloer has been five years out for thirty years. They are getting better, but it still is not economically viable.

    If oil stays up above $60, maybe we will see more new technology. Most likely, we will see a lot of coal gasification plants go up, since we have 200 years of coal in the US.

    You personally can get all the hippee environmental technology you want, you just have to pay 2x or 3x or 10x for it. Have fun.