Consumers picked to test hydrogen car prototypes
August 27, 2008 By KEN THOMAS , Associated Press Writer
Thomas Albert, of Alexandria, Va., drives his Chevrolet Equinox Electric Fuel Cell Vehicle at a Shell Hydrogen Fueling station in Washington on Wednesday June 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
(AP) -- Tom Albert drove his loaner Chevrolet Equinox like any other car. He took it to work during the week, picked up groceries, and loaded up the back with bags of soil at the garden store. When his infant son was fussy, Albert drove the newborn around the block to calm him down.
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Its neither. Its the kid accepting his fate, being stuck again with dear old dad.
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Wouldn't it be cheaper, lighter, and better to have 4 small motors direct drive on each wheel?
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Nature has shown that the best method of energy storage and transportation for our environment are hydrocarbons. In ten years most of our energy could come from renewable non-food competing crops, green waste, and algae hydroponics. The fuels produced would not require massive and wasteful infrastructure changes.
Hydrogen is toxic, artificial, and inefficient to produce. And as it leaks into the air (hydrogen is incredibly difficult to contain) it rises to the upper atmosphere where it depletes the ozone layer. The reaction also injects water into the upper atmosphere where it acts as a green house gas much more potent than CO2.
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If auto makers made any serious effort to make a full electric car, even with 50 year old tech, we'd have a fine, impressive, useful car. The EV-1 didn't have range or power delivery issues and could now be made with Li-Ion batts instead of NiMH. If anything needs work, it's just lengthening the life cycle of the battery packs because the rest is pretty laughable in terms of maintenance!