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Why? It is far more costly, uses fossil fuels(from the power plants the use them to create electricity) and is nothing more then a play toy of the rich, reduced ranges, and long charging times..
Natural gas and gasoline made from natural gas is very very very cheap.
The problem isn't the fuel cell per se. They'd work fine. It's sourcing the hydrogen. However there are fuel cells that can be made that take natgas as their feedstock, and process that into hydrogen on the fly. This may be viable. However it does nothing to eliminate the need for fossil fuels. The flip side is, I don't know if this is any more efficient than running a piston engine or turbine directly off of the natgas.
Far more then the cost of current engines, and then you factor in how are you going to create the hydrogen?
"In 1985, Dingel said, he drove his car from Metro Manila to Laguna over a distance of 167 kilometers consuming 15 liters of water and half a liter of gasoline. When he made a trip to the US, he added, he had occasion to show Americans that his car could make the Detroit-to-Florida run on 60 liters of water and two liters of gasoline. Government authorities have confirmed these claims in scientific tests and today Dingel drives a car with these words, in bold letters, painted on the rear windshield: “This car runs on water.”
If it is I wouldn't be surprised if The GW lunatics find something to complain about.
Well, water is the most prevalent greenhouse gas in our atmosphere.
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