My crappy S10 recharges overnight and I drive it on the freeway to work
every day for about 2 pennies per mile fuel cost.
Your S-10 burns at least 5 times that money with increases every year.
Of course I have another vehicle that brings me the occasional long distance
away, but I need that very seldom.
You apparently also need another car, as you cannot stuff 4 people in an S10.
You make very bold statements and I do not see any backing for them.
In fact, I know they are bogus.
The first hit Googling "efficiency hydrogen battery" says it all
and since it's an NREL report, they are objective.
Battery Electric storage, although not perfect, is currently over 2 times
more efficient than Hydrogen generation from electricity
(or from hydrocarbons, but we prefer to avoid that non-renewable source)
so storing electricity in a battery to run a car brings you twice as far
as using the same amount of energy to generate Hydrogen,
then store that Hydrogen in a (currently super-expensive) vehicle
and then convert it back to electricity.
Who needs Hydrogen? no matter how you look at it, if you use the facts
(not the bloated claims) then there are only a few niche applications
where Hydrogen makes sense.
Since Battery Electric stuff already works (for more than 100 years)
it has quite a leg up on Hydrogen.
Unless, of course, you own an oil company and would prefer that you
continue to control the market. Then generating Hydrogen can be an
interesting deal, because it is so hard to control the electricity
market, where you would experience the luxury of filling up your car
in your garage or at the charging station in your parking space.
Who _wants_ to go to the gas station?
Before you ask - I *do* experience the luxury of passing every gas
station on my way to work and back.
My S-10 truck has a charging plug where you would pour gasoline in
other trucks. Get home, plug it in. Before leaving, unplug it.
No magical breakthroughs necessary, battery electric cars work. Today.
Face it. Accept it.
If you like to see many examples of Electric Vehicles that are in daily
use, then go to the EValbum.com and browse around.
Do you find it odd that GM changed their tune from Hydrogen car development
in "primarily this is an electric car"? They know Hydrogen has become
optional - depending on the governmental subsidies, otherwise it is
as dead as a door knob.
Now the US government need to re-direct some of those wasted Hydrogen
subsidies to researching more rewarding alternatives.
Problem is that there is so much oil influence in the government that
an objective view of good candidate technolies will be skewed by the
interests that oil industry has.
Some day, we'll run out of options. I hope we wisen up before then.
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My crappy S10 recharges overnight and I drive it on the freeway to work every day for about 2 pennies per mile fuel cost. Your S-10 burns at least 5 times that money with increases every year. Of course I have another vehicle that brings me the occasional long distance away, but I need that very seldom. You apparently also need another car, as you cannot stuff 4 people in an S10.
You make very bold statements and I do not see any backing for them. In fact, I know they are bogus. The first hit Googling "efficiency hydrogen battery" says it all and since it's an NREL report, they are objective. Battery Electric storage, although not perfect, is currently over 2 times more efficient than Hydrogen generation from electricity (or from hydrocarbons, but we prefer to avoid that non-renewable source) so storing electricity in a battery to run a car brings you twice as far as using the same amount of energy to generate Hydrogen, then store that Hydrogen in a (currently super-expensive) vehicle and then convert it back to electricity. Who needs Hydrogen? no matter how you look at it, if you use the facts (not the bloated claims) then there are only a few niche applications where Hydrogen makes sense. Since Battery Electric stuff already works (for more than 100 years) it has quite a leg up on Hydrogen. Unless, of course, you own an oil company and would prefer that you continue to control the market. Then generating Hydrogen can be an interesting deal, because it is so hard to control the electricity market, where you would experience the luxury of filling up your car in your garage or at the charging station in your parking space. Who _wants_ to go to the gas station? Before you ask - I *do* experience the luxury of passing every gas station on my way to work and back. My S-10 truck has a charging plug where you would pour gasoline in other trucks. Get home, plug it in. Before leaving, unplug it. No magical breakthroughs necessary, battery electric cars work. Today. Face it. Accept it. If you like to see many examples of Electric Vehicles that are in daily use, then go to the EValbum.com and browse around. Do you find it odd that GM changed their tune from Hydrogen car development in "primarily this is an electric car"? They know Hydrogen has become optional - depending on the governmental subsidies, otherwise it is as dead as a door knob. Now the US government need to re-direct some of those wasted Hydrogen subsidies to researching more rewarding alternatives. Problem is that there is so much oil influence in the government that an objective view of good candidate technolies will be skewed by the interests that oil industry has. Some day, we'll run out of options. I hope we wisen up before then.