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To: thackney
"Toyota believes there are better alternatives, like hybrids, and fuel cells, the technology the company is focused on now."

Even when you neglect the pollution from the waste caused by creating hydrogen, it is still not a viable fuel for automobiles. There is currently NO commercial method of storing hydrogen in a vehicle other than as a compressed gas. Even when compressed to 10,000 psi, and ignoring the volume of the storage tanks, hydrogen requires 7 times the volume to contain the same energy as in gasoline. Where can you put a 100 gallon fuel tank in a Prius?

27 posted on 06/02/2014 6:27:53 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age didnÂ’t end because we ran out of stones)
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To: norwaypinesavage
Even when compressed to 10,000 psi, and ignoring the volume of the storage tanks, hydrogen requires 7 times the volume to contain the same energy as in gasoline.

Correct. And at 45 megajoules per kilogram, gasoline rules the energy density of any battery or fuel cell.

55 posted on 06/02/2014 9:54:56 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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