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Fuel-Cell Car Racing Series Aims To Spur Green Motoring

Posted by timothy on from the li-ion-batteries-of-course dept.

Anonymous Cow writes "The world's first international fuel-cell powered motor racing series kicked off in Rotterdam over the weekend. The organisers hope that 'Formula Zero,' like Formula 1, can become a forum for competing technology as much as anything else, helping green consumer cars to become better."

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  1. Re:Definitely would help image by jonnythan · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm not sure that six tiny fuel-cell powered go-karts going around a 500 meter track is going to help the image of alternatively-powered vehicles.

  2. Re:Not pompous enough by El+Yanqui · · Score: 5, Funny

    People aren't going to take green technology seriously until it wins in rally or 24 hour le mans or somethign similarly awesome to win.

    Or until Jeremy Clarkson uses one to ride over a delicate ecosystem.

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  3. but could they carry gas anyway? by jollyreaper · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm ok with them using fuel cells just so long as they also include some manner of flammable liquid in the vehicle so that they keep the wrecks interesting.

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  4. F-Zero eh? by VTMarik · · Score: 2, Funny

    Today it's fuel cells, tomorrow it becomes hovercars, then next thing we know we're racing down a magnetic track against aliens and clones of ourselves.

    The future is now!

  5. Re:Oh The Humanity! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I dunno, a little car loaded with a hydrogen pack fuel cell could really create a spectacular explosion if done properly.

    Sort of like a little Hindenburg disaster.

  6. Re:Definitely would help image by jacquesm · · Score: 2, Funny

    oh, it's manly allright, it just doesn't go very far :)

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  7. Re:Definitely would help image by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    How are fuel cells green? Fuel cells rely on hydrogen, which releases H2O into the atmosphere. Now, water vapor is about 90% of the greenhouse gas. If you think carbon dioxide is creating an effect, being less than 1% of the greenhouse, and the human element just a tiny fraction of that, wait until there are 100's of millions of fuel cell vehicles emitting water vapor... Talk about high humidity and sweltering summers... Have you tree huggers really thought this stuff through? Every "green" fix for our lives seems to be not so green after all.