Ford Develops Hydrogen Car! Aquafina Hits $5 per Bottle!

Tref · 07-11-2007, 12:07 PM

In the meanwhile, GM is still having trouble selling the public on its new car that runs on spaghetti!

Lapetz said Ford has the ability to bring internal combustion hydrogen technology to market in cars within five years. But that's only if fuel storage limitations can be solved, public fear of hydrogen can be allayed, filling stations set up and gas prices stay high.

"The technology is there at a sufficient level, in the three-to-five year window, if all things were perfect, we could reasonably think this is a solution we could draw on," Lapetz said. "We're not really talking about invention, that's the thing. We know how to manufacture this kind of technology in high volumes."

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Capt Jack · 07-11-2007, 12:56 PM

I have a lot of hope for hydrogen based engines being mass produced. even if we still have to stop at the pumps fairly frequently (that is, if the 'fuel cell' tech never really flys), zero emissions (vs low, which I see as only delaying the inevitable) needs to be the norm vs the odd exception to the rule.

innerSpaceman · 07-11-2007, 01:10 PM

I want fuel cells.

Yes, hydrogen scares me. But, um, I had to forget everything I ever learned about the current internal combustion engine ... or I'd never get behind the wheel.

Capt Jack · 07-11-2007, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Yes, hydrogen scares me.

and gasoline doesnt? Im currently building, for lack of a better term, a race car. my fear of gasoline fires has sent me jumping through some serious hoops just to prevent anything from being a remote possibility for fire.

€uroMeinke · 07-11-2007, 07:10 PM

They are testing Hydrogen and Fuel Cell vehicles at one of my work places. Several parking spaces were lost to make way for the hydrogen station. Maybe they'll let me drive one.

scaeagles · 07-11-2007, 08:07 PM

I have a prediction, but it will take a long, long time to play out.

What is the exhaust from a hydrogen engine? It's water vapor. After hydrogen is the fuel of choice and in mass use, the amount of water vapor will increase, and thus cloud cover will increase. There will be increased rain and flooding and.....

What is the main greenhouse gas? It's water vapor. In fact, water vapor is 95% of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.

This, too, will come under fire as something man is doing that is going to ruin the planet. Whatever comes next will be they thing that will ruin the planet.

lashbear · 07-11-2007, 08:12 PM

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This, too, will come under fire as something man is doing that is going to ruin the planet. Whatever comes next will be they thing that will ruin the planet.

This reminds me of something I heard (I don't know where) that the planet would be heading in the same direction whether we interfered or not - and nothing we do to save the planet is going to affect the changes in climate etc.

I'm off for a long shower now.

alphabassettgrrl · 07-11-2007, 08:16 PM

The benefit of water vapor is that it can condense into rain clouds.

scaeagles · 07-11-2007, 08:43 PM

See my flooding comment.

€uroMeinke · 07-11-2007, 09:10 PM

nonsense - you let the vapor condense and fill up little bottle of auto-evian - or better yet we can freeze and ship it to the poles

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Tref Not Tref Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,188	Ford Develops Hydrogen Car! Aquafina Hits $5 per Bottle! In the meanwhile, GM is still having trouble selling the public on its new car that runs on spaghetti! Lapetz said Ford has the ability to bring internal combustion hydrogen technology to market in cars within five years. But that's only if fuel storage limitations can be solved, public fear of hydrogen can be allayed, filling stations set up and gas prices stay high. "The technology is there at a sufficient level, in the three-to-five year window, if all things were perfect, we could reasonably think this is a solution we could draw on," Lapetz said. "We're not really talking about invention, that's the thing. We know how to manufacture this kind of technology in high volumes." To read story, click here To eat spaghetti, click here __________________ Tref3.0 Listen in aural 3-D to Pop's muzak! (New songs added semi-bi-daily) j & j Did you know that Emas eht yltcaxe is exactly the same spelled backwards?!
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Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	I have a lot of hope for hydrogen based engines being mass produced. even if we still have to stop at the pumps fairly frequently (that is, if the 'fuel cell' tech never really flys), zero emissions (vs low, which I see as only delaying the inevitable) needs to be the norm vs the odd exception to the rule. __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I want fuel cells. Yes, hydrogen scares me. But, um, I had to forget everything I ever learned about the current internal combustion engine ... or I'd never get behind the wheel.
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	They are testing Hydrogen and Fuel Cell vehicles at one of my work places. Several parking spaces were lost to make way for the hydrogen station. Maybe they'll let me drive one. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I have a prediction, but it will take a long, long time to play out. What is the exhaust from a hydrogen engine? It's water vapor. After hydrogen is the fuel of choice and in mass use, the amount of water vapor will increase, and thus cloud cover will increase. There will be increased rain and flooding and..... What is the main greenhouse gas? It's water vapor. In fact, water vapor is 95% of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. This, too, will come under fire as something man is doing that is going to ruin the planet. Whatever comes next will be they thing that will ruin the planet.
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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	The benefit of water vapor is that it can condense into rain clouds. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	See my flooding comment.
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	nonsense - you let the vapor condense and fill up little bottle of auto-evian - or better yet we can freeze and ship it to the poles __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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