Re: OT: new car advice

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Author: stu
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Subject: Re: OT: new car advice
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On Thursday 24 November 2005 22:55, wrote:

>
> The problem is the infrastructure. A lot of people won't buy alt-fuel cars
> without the infrastructure. If I run out of gas in Ajo, I can address it,
> but what if I run out of hydrogen? Where will I take my fuel-cell 2009
> Elantra for after-market service?


The first Fuel Celled vehicles will no doubt be commuter vehicles. Hydrogen
will be purchased as needed from a local supplier, or generated at home from
Bio Diesel fuels, or electrolysis.
>
> And nobody's gonna build that infrastructure (which will lose money until a
> critical mass of alt-fuel cars are on the road) without sufficient cars or
> a subsidy.

California is already planning the Hydrogen Highway - one reason that the
British Fuel-Celled Motorcycle firm is planning to open up there. Hopefully,
the system will run on embedded Linux ... (a lame attempt to keep this thread
somewhat on topic ;))
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