With the current price rises in petrol and gasoline, would you switch to a hydrogen fuel car?
category: Hydrogen Cars
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Boatman 1. All I know is that Europe is promoting the idea. And with mass production the price could drop damatically.
Hydrogen fueled cars are DECADES away– Honda’s new hydrogen car cost $500,000 dollars! They say they may be able to get the cost down to only $90,000 within the next 10 years– now just how many do you think will be sold for $90,000!
tomorrow: No.
In a couple decades: maybe.
Right now, I’m thinking stuff like ethanol and biodiesel are our best bet.
No – I have a great alternative already: natural gas powered cars. They are here now, not overly expensive to buy, and are much cleaner for the environment than gasoline (petrol) powered vehicles. I have 2 of them, both made by Ford, and I love ‘em! 87 cents a gallon to fill up in Utah, so I’m saving loads of cash. Honda also makes a new one called the Civic GX, but they’re hard to get. Anyway, look into it and see if there’s a place to fill up near you, because that’s the biggest problem so far. Also, hydrogen doesn’t have the same power as natural gas, and it requires a lot higher compression in the tank as well as there being very, very few places to fill up (plus the huge price to buy the car in the first place). Check out my sources to learn more, and good luck!
Most hydrogen comes from steam reforming of methane so at the moment it’s just a less efficient version of natural gas (which itself isn’t really worth using as vehicle fuel unless you don’t get charged as much tax on it).
In the future we will hopefully switch to using better methods of hydrogen production that don’t rely on fossil fuels (or release CO2) but at the moment making hydrogen from methane is cheaper.