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- From: moroney@ramblr.enet.dec.com
- Subject: Re: Any info. on hydrogen power for cars??
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.205815.6068@engage.pko.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:50:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.131916.12009@bsu-ucs>, 00bndaniels@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes...
- >I would like to know if any US car company will make or research
- >for a car that can run on hydrogen. I only know of VW and BMW
- >that are doing research on makinga car that can run on hydrogen
- >I believe that hydrogen would be a great fuel for cars, and power
- >plants because the only by-product when it is burned is water.
- >Any information on this topic is greatly appreciated.
-
- Before hydrogen cars can ever be more than a "look at us, see how good
- enviromentalists we are" project/publicity stunt, one major problem has
- to be solved. How do you generate all that hydrogen in the first place
- without generating pollution, possibly more than running the car on gasoline
- or some other alternate fuel in the first place?
-
- Also, you get NOx pollution when hydrogen is burned in an internal combustion
- motor, the only way to make it so the "only by-product is water" is to use
- it in a fuel cell (which is sensible anyway).
-
- -Mike
-