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Guys,

 

This looks interesting:

 

https://www.goauto.com.au/news/toyota/toyota-backs-hydrogen-economy/2019-03-20/78082.html

 

An electric car without expensive batteries that tend to wear out in circa 10 years could be a nice way to go.  What about an electric motor on each wheel to enable torque vectoring that aids cornering?  Such a car would be quick.   What about solar systems on our home rooftops that generate free hydrogen?

 

But I guess we'd have to put baseball cards in the spoke to ensure that bike riders, Greenies and the PC are able to hear us coming in our whisper quiet electric car?  How about sub woofers to play a V8 or V12 soundtrack? 

 

 

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The internal combustion engine runs perfectly well on hydrogen

The by product out the exhaust is H2O

The greenest option available to the millions of cars in the world

 

There is no need for electric cars

Only a gas conversion kit

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I agree Keefy

So instead of the push for not very green electric cars, with their toxic batteries, the billions should be spent on technology for storage and distribution of hydrogen.

 

Just about every internal combustion engine in the world can be converted to run on hydrogen

As stated, the emissions are plain old water

 

Hydrogen is also the most common element on this planet

Cracking hydrogen is also a problem

But again, if the cash was funneled to research in this area, there would soon be a solution

 

People need to be educated to the fact, we don't need electric cars, just a hydrogen fuel cell in their existing car.

 

But no that's to bloody easy

 

BTW, there is no power loss with hydrogen

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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I think the hydrogen is great

 

but depends what the manufacturers build the most of, will most just go electric. or a handful like hyundai continue with hydrogen? 

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battery's for cars suck 

choice magazine did a survey of a cars "greenness" 

a cars life from production to destruction, the cost to produce it, run it, and the cost to destroy it.

the cost to the environment so to speak 

the Toyota Prius came in at number 50, level pegging with a GM Hummer 

green my ass 

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How old was that article? Back when the Prius was new I used to scoff at the environmental pay back time (I think it was 8 years, and battery life was a max of 10 years so the benefit was marginal).

However I read a few things lately (and I think there was some Engineering Explained stuff on this in relation to the Leaf) that shows they are much better now and while the original Prius wasn't great it mainstreamed the technology and allowed further r&d.

The timeframe of the assessment matters too. If I assessed your solar after the first 12 months I'd find it had cost a ton of money and had hurt the environment. You need the long term environmental and cost savings to offset the initial damage.

Having said that, the Prius is crap to drive and I would never own one!

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watched a few clips on yoo tube at recent motor shows, pretty much every concept car or near production car was electric or plug in

 

so I guess that's our future. 

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