Car Leasing Made Simple made this interesting infographic that explains the difference between electric battery and hydrogen-powered cars.
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So where does the hydrogen come from? Presumably generated by electricity. How could it be so cheap? Presumably it is subsidized.
One thing they forgot to compare is the size of the fireball when either explodes.
Hydrogen and oxygen in close proximity is worrisome.
But don’t be fooled by battery power. Lithium ion batteries are very unstable. Watch this cell phone battery go up in flames.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rjn5BC3EOQ
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All I need to know is that, except for niche uses that don’t apply to 99% of people, electric vehicles don’t go very far and so they suck, and there are virtually no filling stations for hydrogen powered vehicles, so they pretty much suck also.
They should go with solar power, then the roads will be clear at night and I won’t have to cuss so many people out.
First problem with the infographic: It compares the specs of a highly engineered, designed and customized high end Tesla with those of a Toyota.
Will this be the AC (Tesla) vs. DC (Edison) fight of the 21st Century?
The graphic conveniently doesn’t take into account (or openly admit) the MASSIVE amount of pollution generated by excavating and burning the coal required to generate the electricity in the first place.
I wonder whether the drive-by thumber-down was driving by in an electric car or a hydrogen car?
I gave you an up vote Unc.Al. It might be a good idea to shitcan that downer option, it sucks to have a perfectly logical comment insulted by some spiteful trolling prick.
In an untampered market hydrogen will never be cheaper than electricity due to the fact that it is manufactured with electricity and no conversion is lossless.
On the other hand there is some utility in creating a market for it were we to do the rational thing and embrace nuclear power for electrical generation as excess capacity could be offloaded to hydrogen production allowing the reactors to operate in the most efficient manner. That is how gasoline started out in cars. Finding a use for an otherwise wasted byproduct.
That said, neither electricity nor hydrogen are reasonable fuels for automobiles until a suitcase sized reactor can be built that can run the car for years on it’s electrical or steam output.
Aw, C’mon Uncle Al.
Dat Hydrogen car is Da Bomb donchu know?!
Thumb up means kill him.
The crowd cheers.
Thumb down means spare him.
The crowd boos.
Actually, I think the cheapest hydrogen is made from natural gas. Probably better to just burn it in a CNG engine.
MFM the massive CO production from steam reforming is a barrier to large scale application. If you factor the burning of CO into CO2 the costs go up dramatically.
Also, unless the NG is stripped to pure methane prior to the process the output has contaminates that damage fuel cells.
As we are talking about technology that won’t exist in the near term, alcohol fuel cells look promising for small portable devices or power supplies.
Too bad they never perfected the gasoline engine.